Vietnam and Denmark set up diplomatic ties on November 25, 1971, and they are now working to enhance bilateral investment and trade relations.

Acting President Dang Thi Ngoc Thinh hosted separate receptions for ambassadors of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Denmark who came to present her with their letters of credence on October 16.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s upcoming visit to Denmark at the invitation of Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen is expected to help boost the comprehensive partnership between the two countries.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc asked Danish beer maker Carlsberg to expand its investment in Vietnam during a reception in Hanoi on September 12 for Carlsberg CEO Cees‘t Hart.

A strategic cooperation deal was signed between Vietnam’s Tan Long Group and six Danish companies in Hanoi on September 5 to apply Denmark’s advanced technologies in local rice and pig production projects.

The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) and the Danish Embassy on August 21 signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to help the VSS improve its health insurance verification staff’s capacity in 2018 and 2019.

The German and Denmark embassies and the German international cooperation agency co-organised a workshop on wind power development in Vietnam.

Malaysia on April 30 sentenced a Danish man a one-week jail term for breaking its law against “fake news”.

A workshop spotlighting Vietnam – Denmark cooperation on non-communicable disease prevention took place at the Hanoi Medical University on April 10.

The Vietnamese Government always pays due attention to health care and stands ready to continue cooperating with Denmark in medical technology and profession to modernise health care system and improve living quality, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

Vietnam should call for international support in developing specific institutions and policies and technology transfer in order to address the environmental pollution of the livestock sector.

Vietnamese children book translator Tran Thi Minh Tam is among three recipients of the Hans Christian Andersen 2018, according to the Embassy of Denmark in Vietnam.

Dual vocation training model has proved an effective means of enhancing links between schools and businesses, heard a conference to review the first phase of the Danish-Vietnamese Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) project in Ho Chi Minh City on January 12.

Danish global machinery equipment maker DenimoTech and Vung Ro Petroleum Company Limited on January 11 signed an agreement to build a high-tech bitumen plant in the central coastal province of Phu Yen.