Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Dutch guest
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed wish that the Netherlands would share its experience in building a development strategy and rallying financial aid for Vietnam to develop its Mekong Delta
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) and Deputy Director of the Staff of the Delta Programme Commissioner Hermen Borst (Source: VNA) Can
Tho (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has expressed wish
that the Netherlands would share its experience in building a development strategy
and rallying financial aid for Vietnam to develop its Mekong Delta sustainably.
He made the statement during a reception in Can Tho city on September 26 for Deputy Director of the Staff of the Delta Programme Commissioner Hermen Borst, who is in Vietnam to attend the conference on shaping the shift to sustainable development model adaptive to climate change in the Mekong Delta.
The PM informed his guest that he toured sea dykes and irrigational works in key lower reaches during the Netherlands visit, seeing that they are similar to those in the Mekong Delta where he visited the same day by helicopter.
Borst, for his part, said he shared the Netherlands’ sustainable development experience at the conference. Accordingly, he suggested Vietnam shifts to multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional approaches and harmonises interests of relevant parties such as agriculture, energy and water management.
While devising a development plan for the plain, the Netherlands collected ideas of committees, localities, sectors, scientists and relevant units to submit to authorities for approval, he said, adding that the country also set up a national-scale fund to serve the effort, attracting private sector and foreign resources.
Speaking highly of the Netherlands’ experience, the PM said Vietnam wants to establish a coordinating committee and a regional fund like the one in the Netherlands.
He stressed that Vietnam wants to liaison closely with the Netherlands in the field.-VNA
He made the statement during a reception in Can Tho city on September 26 for Deputy Director of the Staff of the Delta Programme Commissioner Hermen Borst, who is in Vietnam to attend the conference on shaping the shift to sustainable development model adaptive to climate change in the Mekong Delta.
The PM informed his guest that he toured sea dykes and irrigational works in key lower reaches during the Netherlands visit, seeing that they are similar to those in the Mekong Delta where he visited the same day by helicopter.
Borst, for his part, said he shared the Netherlands’ sustainable development experience at the conference. Accordingly, he suggested Vietnam shifts to multi-sectoral and multi-dimensional approaches and harmonises interests of relevant parties such as agriculture, energy and water management.
While devising a development plan for the plain, the Netherlands collected ideas of committees, localities, sectors, scientists and relevant units to submit to authorities for approval, he said, adding that the country also set up a national-scale fund to serve the effort, attracting private sector and foreign resources.
Speaking highly of the Netherlands’ experience, the PM said Vietnam wants to establish a coordinating committee and a regional fund like the one in the Netherlands.
He stressed that Vietnam wants to liaison closely with the Netherlands in the field.-VNA
You should also see
PM raises proposals for ASEAN to become global digital transformation model
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on April 23 proposed breakthrough orientations to make ASEAN a model in digital transformation globally, while co-chairing a business roundtable with his Lao counterpart Sonexay Siphandone in Hanoi.
See more
Politics
Vietnam, Brunei agree to deepen bilateral cooperation
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son met with Second Minister of Foreign Affairs of Brunei Dato Pehin Erywan Yusof in Hanoi on April 23, as the latter has been in Vietnam to attend the ASEAN Future Forum 2024.
Politics
Vietnam, RoK hold 11th defence policy dialogue
The 11th Vietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) defence policy dialogue took place in Hanoi on April 23, reviewing results of the countries’ cooperation in the field, discussing matters of shared concerns, and agreeing on orientations for joint work in the time to come.
Politics
NA Standing Committee wraps up 32nd session
The 32nd session of the National Assembly Standing Committee concluded in Hanoi on April 23 after four and a half days of work.
Politics
PM hosts Chairman of Russian Federal Bar Association
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke highly of cooperation between the Russian Federal Bar Association (RFBA) and the Vietnam Lawyers’ Association (VLA) while receiving RFBA Chairman Sergey Stepashin, who is also former Prime Minister of Russia, in Hanoi on April 23.
Politics
Vietnam attends 26th UN-INTOSAI symposium
A delegation of the State Audit Office of Vietnam (SAV) led by Deputy Auditor General Nguyen Tuan Anh attended the 26th symposium co-organised by the United Nations (UN) and the International Organisation of Supreme Audit Institutions (INTOSAI) in Vienna, Austria, as part of their working trip from April 15-21.
