Sunday, 19/02/2017 12:16 (GMT+7)
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands on February 16th organized a meeting with Dutch friends on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Rooster 2017.
Visitors at the meeting (Photo: VTC)
Speaking at the meeting, Chargé d'affaires Pham Toan Thang said that the spring atmosphere brings new vitality to both countries. In 2016, despite facing many difficulties and challenges, Vietnam has achieved many successes in completion of development goals; GDP growth of 6.21%. Total export revenue reached USD175.9 billion, up 8.6%, and foreign investment attraction grew by 9%.
In this context, the Vietnam-Netherlands relations are developing well in all respects, reliable political cooperation; strategic partnerships on adaptation to climate change, water management and sustainable agriculture is increasingly tightening; economic –commercial cooperation grows impressively, in which the Netherlands is currently Europe’s leading trading partner and investor in Vietnam.
Mr. Pham Toan Thang stressed the achieved results are not only thanks to the determination and efforts of Vietnam, but also thanks to the valuable support and effective cooperation of Dutch friends and partners. He thanked Dutch friends for their attention and enthusiasm, and for contributing to developing the Netherlands - Vietnam relations.
The Chargé d'affaires believed 2017, with the icon of the rooster, will be the year of new ideas, new successes for the cooperative relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands, based on the foundation of effective friendship and partnership between the two countries and attachment cooperation spirit formed among ministries, sectors and agencies of both sides.
At the meeting, officials and staff from the Vietnamese Embassy and Dutch friends together toasted the new year and wished the friendship and cooperation relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands to further develop./.
BTA