Vietnam wants to learn international experiences, especially from the Netherlands which has many experiences and capability in coping with climate change and water management, said Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung.
Deputy PM Hung made the statement at his recent separate working sessions in the Netherlands with his Dutch counterpart Andre Rouvoet and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs; Transport, Public Works and Water Management; and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Deputy PM Hung, who led an inter-ministerial delegation to the Netherlands, briefed the hosts of Vietnam’s measures to cope with climate change, natural disasters, floods and tides in the country over the past years.
Both the hosts and guest considered strategic and sustainable bilateral cooperation programmes for the next 50 to 100 years, particularly in the Red River delta, the Mekong delta and the coastal regions, at central and local levels.
Both sides also discussed the exchange of visits by high-ranking delegations in the coming time.
The hosts introduced the guests of the country’s politics, law, socio-economics, technology and its organisation of bodies against climate change as well as its history of combating climate change and rising sea level as one-third of its territory lying below sea level.
They welcomed Vietnam’s proposals, especially devising adaption schemes for the Mekong delta and HCM City .
The Netherlands proposed Vietnam to involve in the International Delta Alliance (IDA) and attend an international conference on agriculture and climate change slated for November in the country.
While in the Netherlands, the Vietnamese delegation discussed with the Dutch senior officials and leading experts about orientations for bilateral cooperation in climate change and water management at a seminar on the field.
Dutch businesses expressed their willingness to take part in design, technology, trade, agriculture, irrigation, training and sea port service investment projects in Vietnam./.
Deputy PM Hung made the statement at his recent separate working sessions in the Netherlands with his Dutch counterpart Andre Rouvoet and the Ministers of Foreign Affairs; Transport, Public Works and Water Management; and Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality.
Deputy PM Hung, who led an inter-ministerial delegation to the Netherlands, briefed the hosts of Vietnam’s measures to cope with climate change, natural disasters, floods and tides in the country over the past years.
Both the hosts and guest considered strategic and sustainable bilateral cooperation programmes for the next 50 to 100 years, particularly in the Red River delta, the Mekong delta and the coastal regions, at central and local levels.
Both sides also discussed the exchange of visits by high-ranking delegations in the coming time.
The hosts introduced the guests of the country’s politics, law, socio-economics, technology and its organisation of bodies against climate change as well as its history of combating climate change and rising sea level as one-third of its territory lying below sea level.
They welcomed Vietnam’s proposals, especially devising adaption schemes for the Mekong delta and HCM City .
The Netherlands proposed Vietnam to involve in the International Delta Alliance (IDA) and attend an international conference on agriculture and climate change slated for November in the country.
While in the Netherlands, the Vietnamese delegation discussed with the Dutch senior officials and leading experts about orientations for bilateral cooperation in climate change and water management at a seminar on the field.
Dutch businesses expressed their willingness to take part in design, technology, trade, agriculture, irrigation, training and sea port service investment projects in Vietnam./.
