Diplomats and Vietnamese alumni of Belgian universities gathered in a friendship get-together held by the Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association (VBFA) in Hanoi on July 20 to celebrate 186 years of Belgium’s independence (July 21, 1831).
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung on November 10 handed over a certificate recognising the Belgian Consul General to Hanoi to Jehanne Roccas, Belgian Ambassador to Vietnam.