The event was co-hosted by the Belgian Embassy in Vietnam,the Belgian Development Agency and the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning andInvestment’s Department of External Economic Affairs.
The sides reviewed important cooperation milestones sincethe establishment of bilateral diplomatic ties in 1973.
Two-way trade hit 2.8 billion EUR (3.1 billion USD) in 2018while Belgian investors have poured more than 900 million USD in Vietnam. Many Belgianfirms have contributed to Vietnam’s sustainable development via building greenindustrial zones.
Bilateral collaboration between Vietnam and Belgium in thefuture will focus on education, agriculture and environment technology, it washeard at the seminar.-VNA