Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Nguyen Xuan Thang held working sessions with the Ambassadors of the Netherland and Mozambique on April 12 to seek stronger cooperation with the two countries.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said Vietnam and the Netherlands should keep reinforcing ties in the time ahead during his reception for Dutch Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman in Hanoi on September 10.
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).