Relations with Vietnam is excellent: Dutch Ambassador
Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster has described the relations between the Netherlands and Vietnam over the past four decades as wonderful and excellent in various fields.
Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster ( Source: Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam)
Hanoi (VNA)൲ - Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster has described the relationsbetween the Netherlands and Vietnam over the past four decades as wonderful andexcellent in various fields.
“If we look attrade and investment, we are doing very well,” the diplomat said in aninterview granted to Vietnam News Agency at a recent celebration to mark 45 yearsof diplomatic relations between the two countries. The Netherlandsis the number one EU investor in Vietnam by registering more than 7 billion USDof investment capital. This will increase even further once the EU- VietnamFree Trade Agreement comes into effect. The Netherlandsis Vietnam’s second European trade partner, exporting over 959 million USD worthof commodities to the Vietnamese market annually. In turn, Vietnamese exportsto the Netherlands amount to nearly 6 billion USD each year.
Vietnam isexperiencing high economic growth and is politically stable. Trade between theNetherlands and Vietnam is rapidly growing. For Vietnam, the Netherlandsfunctions as ‘gateway to Europe’, providing additional trade and investmentopportunities.
ܫ “We will work very intensively with businesses, with the government, withnon-governmental organizations, with people in Vietnam,” the diplomat said.
“I would do myutmost to boost the relations of the two countries," she added.
💯 Besides cultural exchange activities to celebrate the 45th anniversaryof diplomatic relations of the two countries in 2018, the Dutch embassy inVietnam will hold several programmes such as the World Press Photo exhibition –the world most famous of its kind which is slated for June in Hanoi, and DutchDays in cities across Vietnam, including Hai Phong, Da Lat, and Da Nang.
The Netherlandswas one of the first western countries which provided development aid forVietnam after the two countries established diplomatic ties in 1973, since thenbilateral relations have been strengthened via high-level exchanges.
Throughexchanges, many bilateral cooperation mechanisms have been approved by the twocountries and have proved their effectiveness.
Vietnam and the Netherlands have signed significant agreements, and cooperationaccords, providing a legal ground in boosting bilateral relations, includingfive prioritized areas: climate change adaption and water management,agriculture, oil and gas, marine economics and logistics.
𝄹 “We have works in many fields, especially water and agriculture, for instance,which are very important topic for our country and also in Vietnam… We can worktogether and give example to the world,” the Ambassador noted.-VNA
Vietnam has urged the Netherlands to collaborate with Vietnam in conducting intensive research into solutions to preserve water in the Mekong Delta, which is facing drought and saline intrusion.
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Nguyen Xuan Cuong held a working session with visiting Deputy Minister of Agriculture of the Netherlands Marjolijn Sonnema on March 22.
The 45-year friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the Netherlands have gained robust achievements, contributing to the modernisation and development process in each nation.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with Chairman of the Republic of Korea (RoK)–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Ahn Gyu-back in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee is scheduled to convene its 48th session on August 11-13, with August 14-15 set as a backup date, according to the NA Office.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to Brazil and Bolivia Bui Van Nghi has led an embassy delegation to attend official events marking the 200th anniversary of Bolivia’s Independence Day.
Party General Secretary To Lam met with members of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) and Vietnamese experts living and working in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Seoul on August 10 as part of his state visit to the RoK.
In an interview with Korean media on the occasion of Party General Secretary To Lam’s state visit to the RoK, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that the visit demonstrates Vietnam’s strong resolve to further deepen the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with the RoK, with the aim of fostering greater political trust, closer strategic coordination, more substantive and comprehensive cooperation, and stronger bonds of friendship between the two countries' people.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, who is also a Politburo member and Secretary of the Government Party Committee, attended the 4th Party Congress of the EVN Party Organisation for the 2025–2030 tenure on August 10, directing EVN to ensure power supply to meet the country’s development demands with double-digit growth set for the coming years.
Party General Secretary To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, along with a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam arrived in Seongnam Air Base in Seoul on August 10 afternoon (local time), beginning a state visit to the Republic of Korea from August 10-13.
General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly departed from Hanoi on August 10 morning for a four-day state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK), which is made at an invitation of RoK President Lee Jae Myung.
As part of the ASEAN Day celebrations, the Vietnamese embassy will also host the ASEAN Family Day 2025 in Ottawa to foster solidarity and community spirit among ASEAN members in Canada.
State President Luong Cuong’s trip once again reaffirmed the Party and State’s foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, diversification and multilateralisation of relations. It also reflected the strong trend of enhanced cooperation among countries of the Global South in shaping a new, more multipolar, fair and equitable world order.
The outcomes of Party General Secretary To Lam's visit will serve as a driving force and source of inspiration for the two countries to inherit, promote, and elevate their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, contributing to the national construction and development cause in each country, and to peace, cooperation, and development in the region and the world.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 9 inspected the construction site of the new Phong Chau bridge, and surveyed a planned route for the Lao Cai – Hanoi – Hai Phong railway section running through the northern province of Phu Tho.
Across print, broadcast, and online platforms, Angolan media portrayed State President Luong Cuong's visit as a warm and historic occasion, strengthening bilateral ties and boosting Vietnam’s presence in Africa through the AU.
The 500kV Lao Cai – Vinh Yen power transmission line has a total investment of over 7.41 trillion VND (282.5 million USD), and a total length of 229.5 km, passing through 31 communes in the two provinces, and comprising 468 transmission tower foundations.
The visits reflected the elevated position of Vietnam’s foreign policy in the new era—aimed at not only advancing ties with key regional partners like Egypt and Angola but also delivering a strategic message about Vietnam’s commitment to deepening relations with African nations as a whole.
At their talks and meetings, President Cuong and Angola’s top leaders affirmed that the close brotherhood and traditional friendship are a valuable shared asset and a solid foundation for the two nations to advance into a new phase of development.
The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
Vietnam pledges to do its utmost to build an ASEAN of solidarity, consensus, and unity in diversity, and to foster a fast and sustainable development path for ASEAN, grounded in science, technology, and innovation, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Party General Secretary To Lam called on the criminal police force to accelerate the application of science, technology, artificial intelligence, and digital transformation in criminal investigation tasks such as crime prevention, detection, tracking and verification, ensuring that no area remains out of their reach.
Many Koreans living, studying, and working in Hanoi see the upcoming state visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) by Party General Secretary To Lam as an opportunity to generate strong synergy in economic cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, and cultural understanding.
Dutch Ambassador to Vietnam Nienke Trooster ( Source: Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam) 
