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National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese NA arrived in Brussels on September 8 morning (local time), beginning their two-day working visit to the European Parliament (EP) and Belgium.

Politburo member and Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue will attend the fifth World Conference of Speakers of Parliament (WCSP5) in Austria, and pay working visits to the European Parliament and Belgium, and an official visit to Finland from September 5-11.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh held phone talks with his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo on August 25 night.

Vietnam Railways (VNR) on July 20 added a new rail freight link from Vietnam to Belgium, with the first train departing from Yen Vien station, Hanoi, and expected to arrive at Liege City in Belgium.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 18 sent his sympathy to his Belgian counterpart Alexander De Croo over recent downpours and floods that caused huge human and property damage.

John Cockerill, a leading Belgian group in developing large-scale technological solutions, said it wants to transfer the technology of activated carbon production from coconut shells and coir to Vietnam.

Young European and Vietnamese have the chance to spark conversations about values in a pandemic-hit world through a project supported by the Belgian embassy.

A teleconference was held on April 14 to promote Belgian investment in the southern province of Binh Duong.

Christos Doulkeridis, Mayor of Ixelles, a district of the Belgian capital Brussels, expressed his sincere appreciation on March 17 of the Vietnamese community’s contribution to the local COVID-19 response.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Belgium held a get-together with overseas Vietnamese on March 4 to celebrate the Lunar Year of the Buffalo.

Vietnam has a strong voice and has won trust worldwide, especially in Asia, Africa, the Europe as well as the US, Ambassador Philippe Kridelka, Permanent Representative of Belgium to the UN has told the Vietnam News Agency.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 2 sent a message of congratulations to Alexander De Croo on occasion of his appointment as Prime Minister of Belgium.

A friendly golf tournament entitled “Vietnam Ambassador’s Cup 2020” was co-hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium and Luxembourg, the Delegation of Vietnam to the EU, and One to One Consult SA NV in Belgium on September 14.

An online conference on business and investment opportunities for Belgian firms in Vietnam was jointly held by the Belgium – Vietnam Alliance (BVA) and the Belgian- Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (Beluxcham) in Vietnam on July 13 in Brussels.