The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands joined the embassies of nearly 60 countries at the Embassy Festival which was held in The Hague on September 2.
Vietnamese associations in the Netherlands – Students’ association, Vietnamese community association, and women’s union – on April 4 co-organised the Open Netherlands Games in Amsterdam to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries (April 9, 1973 - 2023).
During a working session with Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Elsbeth Akkerman in Hanoi on October 23, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung spoke highly of the effective cooperation between the two sides in various field, especially culture.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Dutch counterpart Mark Rutte attended a sustainable fashion show themed “Walk the Talk” in Hanoi on April 9 evening.
Vietnam on March 17 lost 35-40 to the Netherlands in the quarterfinals of the ongoing world three-cushion billiards tournament - the German 1st Bundesliga.
Paintings portraying the landscapes of two cities, Hanoi and Kampen, by Ha Hoang Tung are being shown in an ongoing exhibition entitled Hanoi – Hoang Ha Tung – Kampen in Kampen, Netherlands.
More than 100 photos featuring Vietnam- Netherlands diplomatic relations and friendship as well as Vietnamese land and people are being displayed at an exhibition which opened at the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on November 15.
The Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam and the People’s Committee of Can Tho city on November 10 opened the Dutch Cultural Festival with a wide range of activities held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic relations.
The northern port city of Hai Phong was the centre of the Dutch Days event on September 21-22 with a wide range of cultural activities held by the city’s People’s Committee and the Dutch Embassy to Vietnam to mark 45th anniversary of diplomatic relations (April 9, 1973).
For Dutch poet Dick Gebuys, his first impression of Vietnam was that it was a small, brave Asian country involved in a war with the US. After more than 10 years, his mind has changed dramatically.