President Truong Tan Sang on April 9 met with Rudy Demotte,Minister-President of the Wallonia-Brussels Region, Belgium, who ison an official visit to Vietnam.
Praising thevisit, which takes place as Vietnam and Belgium celebrate their 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties, Sang expressed his delight atVietnam ’s cooperative relations with Belgium, and Wallonia inparticular.
Sang said Vietnam treasures its ties with Francophone countries including Belgium.
He expressed his gratitude to the region, which has providednon-refundable development assistance to Vietnam to help the countryimplement projects in education, vocational training, health andenvironment.
Rudy Demotte proposed the two countries increase all-level delegation exchanges in the coming time.
He said he hopes the Vietnamese State leader will continuefacilitating the cooperation between the two countries, especially inapplied science, education and training, energy, mechanical engineeringand bio-technology.-VNA