Vice President Doan said that Vietnam always
attaches importance to boosting friendship and multifaceted cooperation with
Belgium, an important partner of Vietnam in the European Union.
She
described the visit as an important milestone in the development of the fine
relations between the two countries, especially when Vietnam and Belgium
approach the celebration of the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2013.
Crown
Prince Philippe expressed his impression of Vietnam’s achievements in the
national renewal process, which helped improve the country’s position in the
region and the world.
The two
sides expressed pleasure at the active development of their relations in all
fields, particularly in politics, diplomacy, economics, cooperative
development, education and training.
The two
sides agreed to continue exchanging delegations at all levels, while
cooperating at international and multilateral forums, especially at the UN and
under the framework of ASEM and ASEAN-EU.
They
also agreed to continue boosting cooperation between regions and localities of
the two countries and creating favourable conditions for their enterprises to
seek business and investment opportunities.
They
highly appreciated the implementation of cooperative projects and plan to
continue to coordinate the implementation of projects under the Vietnam-Belgium
Cooperation Programme in 2011-2015, focusing on education and training, water
resource management, irrigation and waste treatment.
Vice
President Doan thanked the Belgium Government and people for their assistance,
especially the increase of development assistance from 35 million EUR to 60
million EUR for the 2011-2015 period. She asked Belgium to continue considering
Vietnam as a priority in cooperative development policy with a focus on human
resource training combined with scientific and technological development and
applications.
Crown
Prince Philippe informed the host that accompanying him are many Belgium businessmen
and deans of universities, showing that the Belgian government, regions and
community are aiming to boost cooperation with Vietnam. He affirmed a
commitment to continued support and cooperation between Belgium and Vietnam in
future.
After
the meeting, Vice President Doan and Crown Prince Philippe witnessed the
signing of four cooperative documents between the two countries.
They
included the protocol on the amendment to the agreement on avoidance of double
taxation and memorandums of understanding between the finance ministries and
the science and technology ministries and the Belgian Government’s letter on
its provision of an additional 3 million Euro to the 63 million Euro credit
meant for the VNREDSat-1B project.
The
same day, Crown Prince Philippe and the business delegation visited Hanoi
National University. The delegation brings about 300 businessmen from more than
100 enterprises specialising in management of water and waste, transport,
logistics, space technology and healthcare.
Vietnamese
leaders welcome Belgian Crown Prince
President
Truong Tan Sang on Mar. 12 met visiting Belgian Crown Prince Philippe,
welcoming the prince’s coming back after nine years.
President
Sang asked the two sides to continue exchanging delegations at high levels in
order to cement the relationship.
He
thanked the Belgian Government for putting Vietnam high on its list of official
development assistance (ODA) recipients, and for its supports of Vietnam at
international and regional forums.
Sang
spoke highly of Belgium’s support towards Vietnam in strengthening its
comprehensive relationship with the European Union, particularly in the removal
of the anti-dumping tax on Vietnamese leather-capped shoes imported by the
European Union market.
For his
part Crown Prince Philippe affirmed Belgium would support Vietnam in
information technology, transport infrastructure, environmental protection and
health care.
He also
expressed hope that Vietnam would be a bridge for Belgian enterprises to other
Southeast Asian countries.
The
same day, Belgian Crown Prince Philippe was also received by Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung who affirmed that Vietnam would consistently consolidate the
partnership with Belgium in every field.
He said
the two Governments should create favourable conditions for enterprises from
both sides to meet and learn investment opportunities.
He
affirmed Vietnam would effectively use Belgium’s ODA funding in meeting
socio-economic development targets.
The PM
was pleased to see the economics and commerce ties between Vietnam and Belgium
had witnessed a strong progress with the two-way trade turnover of 1.6 billion
USD last year.
On his
part, Crown Prince Philippe expressed his wish to boost cooperation with
Vietnam on the fields of Belgium’s strengths, including green technology,
renewable energies, and space sciences among others.
VietNamNet/VNA
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