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PM Pham Minh Chinh visits North Brabant province of Netherlands

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited North Brabant province of the Netherlands on December 11, as part of his official visit to the European country.
PM Pham Minh Chinh visits North Brabant province of Netherlands ảnh 1PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets Vice Governor of North Brabant province Martijn van Gruijthuisen on December 11. (Photo: VNA)
Eindhoven (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhvisited North Brabant province of the Netherlands on December 11, as part of hisofficial visit to the European country.

In North Brabant, he visited Eindhoven city and the innovativetechnology region of Brainport Eindhoven, met Vice Governor of theprovince Martijn van Gruijthuisen, and had a working session with some hi-techenterprises of the Netherlands.

He said he is impressed with socio-economic development achievementsof North Brabant – one of the most industrially developed provinces in theNetherlands, and Eindhoven city – the biggest technology, innovation, research,and higher education centre of the country.

PM Chinh affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to thecomprehensive partnership with the Netherlands and supports strongerconnections in trade and investment between the two countries’ localities.

He highly valued the close cooperation between Eindhoven and Vietnam's Binh Duong province, an industrial hub in the south of the country, particularly in science - technology, infrastructure development,and education - training, helping the Vietnamese locality obtain importantresults in smart city building.

The government leader asked North Brabant to expand cooperationwith Vietnamese localities in terms of developing hi-tech parks, the Triple Helixmodel (cooperation among administration, enterprises, and universities/researchinstitutes), smart cities, science - technology, and microchip manufacturing.

Vice Governor Gruijthuisen said North Brabant is ready to sharedevelopment experience and strengthen ties with Southeast Asia, especiallyVietnam – a partner of leading importance of the Netherlands.

Speaking highly of the close links between Eindhoven and Binh Duong, he agreed with his guest’s opinions andaffirmed the willingness to continue working closely with Binh Duong and expandrelations with other localities of Vietnam.

He also pledged to encourageenterprises of North Brabant to boost investment in Vietnam in the fieldsthey are strong in such as digital transformation, green transition,innovation, and smart city building./.
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