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PM to visit Netherlands, Uzbekistan, Ukraine

Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay official visits to the Netherlands, Uzbekistan and Ukraine at the invitations of his counterparts.
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will pay official visits to theNetherlands , Uzbekistan and Ukraine at the invitations of hiscounterparts.

His working tour will start from theNetherlands on September 27. There he will stay for four days beforeleaving for Uzbekistan for a three-day visit, followed by anotherthree-day visit in Ukraine .

PM Dung is expected to return Vietnam on October 6./.
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