Danish Queen Margrethe pleasure at Vietnam visit

Danish Queen Margrethe II has expressed her pleasure at the current Vietnam visit, saying that it brought about a profound view about a new and dynamic Vietnam for her.
Danish Queen Margrethe II has expressedher pleasure at the current Vietnam visit, saying that it brought abouta profound view about a new and dynamic Vietnam for her.

While meeting with Ho Chi Minh Municipal People’s Committee Chairman LeHoang Quan on November 6, Queen Margrethe II added that many Danishentrepreneurs who are accompanying her are satisfied with theirmeetings with Vietnamese partners.

She thanked local authorities for make it easier for Danish businessesto make investment in the locality, saying the city will always be adriving force for Vietnam’s comprehensive development as well ascontribute actively to the relations between Vietnam and Danmark. Sheexpressed her belief in bilateral cooperation potentials, not only intrading but also in culture and society.

Speaking at a press conference on the same day in Ho Chi Minh City,the Queen called her visit to Viet Nam an amazing experience for newand practical share on mutual interests between the two sides and forwitnessing a strongly growing Vietnam .

She revealed that the her meetings with Vietnamese leaders help the twosides find out new cooperation areas, thus bilateral ties are expectedto tighten further.

Queen Margrethe also said that Vietnam’s culture and it people left deep impressions to other Royal members.

In an interview with Danish media, Crown Prince Frederik said that hehopes that the up-coming establishment of direct flights from Denmarkto Vietnam will give impetus to boosting bilateral relations.

Also on November 6, the Queen attended a ceremony to hand over 500helmets to primary pupils as part of the project to give over 400,000helmets for children, deployed by the Asia Injury Prevention Foundationand the A.P. Moller-Maersk Group in Vietnam and Southeast Asian regionover the past 10 years.

A Vietnam-Denmark business forum was held in HCM City on the same dayin the presence of Prince Consort Henrik and Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Hua Ngoc Thuan.

The forum drew more than 600 representatives from Vietnamese and Danishgovernment agencies, private organisations, and business associationsto discuss and set up new links and specific cooperation projectsbetween the two sides.

Addressing the forum, Prince Henrik stressed Vietnam’s progress ineconomy means that the country’s domestic market is more attractive forDanish exporters.

He said he believed that Danish technology and equipment supplierswould meet Vietnam’s increasing demands in the country’s economicdevelopment process.

The Prince said he hoped the forum would contribute to developingenterprise relations and new business cooperation programmes betweenthe two countries.

The forum included workshops on clean technology, aviation and maritimeequipment, meat, food and beverage production and process, and know-howon Danish technologies in the fields, architecture and urban planning,industrial art and trade-name development.

While in Ho Chi Minh City , Queen Margrethe II, Prince Henrik androyal members met with the Danish business community and visitedseveral Danish companies, the municipal History Museum and interestingplaces./.

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