State President Nguyen Minh Triet on November 2 held a reception for Danish Queen Margrethe II who is leading a royal delegation including 70 business leaders on an official visit to Vietnam.

The meeting was held following a dignified welcoming ceremony for the Queen and the Danish royal delegation at the Presidential Palace.

During the talks, President Triet and the Danish Queen discussed furthering bilateral cooperation between Vietnam and Denmark in culture, investment and in dealing with climate change.

President Triet emphasised that Vietnam has special concerns over climate change as the country is among those especially vulnerable to the phenomenon.

Vietnam wishes to learn from Denmark ’s experiences in the field and will wholeheartedly support the world conference on climate change in Copenhagen this December, he confirmed.

The President said he believed the visit, which will last ten days, will be an important landmark and contribute to promoting friendly relations and multi-faceted cooperation between the two countries.

President Triet also complimented the people of Denmark , who under the leadership of Queen Margrethe II, have attained remarkable progress, helping Denmark to become a developed industrial country and one of the ten most effective economies in the world.

The president expressed delight at the fine development of the bilateral relationship in recent years, underlining that during the course of national construction and development, Vietnam wishes to increase cooperation with all nations around the world, especially with traditional friends like Denmark .

He called on Danish investors to increase their investment in Vietnam and step up exchanges of delegations from ministries and agencies from both nations.

The Danish Queen said her government attaches a lot of importance to this visit and this is reflected through the presence of some 70 Danish enterprises that want to establish economic relations with Vietnamese partners.

The Queen sent compliments from her people to the Vietnamese people for the significant socio-economic achievements they have made in recent years.

On the occasion, the Danish Queen invited President Triet to visit Denmark .

The same day Queen Margrethe laid a wreath of flowers at the country’s national war memorial and visited the Ho Chi Minh mausoleum.

President Triet is to host a banquet for the Danish delegation in the evening./.