4 visits, the Belgian King witnessed Vietnam's achievements

General Secretary To Lam highly appreciated the historical significance of the visit; he believed that the visit of the King and Queen, accompanied by many high-ranking officials, business leaders, universities and research institutes, would create new momentum for the Vietnam-Belgium relationship.

General Secretary To Lam expressed his appreciation for the valuable support of the Belgian people and the personal contributions of the King and Queen of Belgium to Vietnam and the relationship between the two countries.

To match the potential and good political relations, the General Secretary emphasized that the two countries need to continue to deepen cooperation in the fields of trade and investment, sustainable agriculture, training of high-quality human resources, culture, tourism, and people-to-people exchange.

At the same time, promote cooperation in science and technology, innovation, especially sharing business development models from the Belgian university environment.

Belgian King Philippe said that with similar geographical locations in the center of Europe and Southeast Asia, the two sides need to promote cooperation to become gateways for each other in each region.

He agreed with the General Secretary’s assessment that the Vietnam-Belgium relationship has developed well over the past 50 years; the two countries need to continue to cooperate closely to address global challenges such as climate change and the environment.

The General Secretary proposed that Belgium soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), contributing to creating a new wave of investment from the EU and Belgium into Vietnam and vice versa.

General Secretary To Lam received King Philippe of Belgium.

The General Secretary shared about the efforts and achievements of Vietnam's renovation and socio-economic development over the past nearly 40 years.

King Philippe was impressed with Vietnam's remarkable achievements in industrialization and modernization in recent years, which he witnessed firsthand when he visited Vietnam four times, the first time in 1994...

The King agreed with the General Secretary's proposal to expand cooperation in education and training, defense, security, renewable energy, especially wind turbines, green hydrogen, health, and the environment, including overcoming the consequences of Agent Orange, which are areas in which Belgium has strengths.

Meeting with the King of Belgium, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh recalled the impressions and good results of his official visit to Belgium in December 2022.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with the King of Belgium.

King Philippe shared his impressions of Vietnam's remarkable achievements, believing that Vietnam will develop further and successfully achieve its goals.

The Prime Minister and the King of Belgium agreed on the need to continue deepening cooperation in traditional fields such as economy, culture - arts, tourism, and cooperation between localities.

Belgium highly appreciates Vietnam's role and position in the region, and wishes to deepen relations in education - training, healthcare, seaports, green energy, science - technology and innovation...

King Philippe sincerely thanked Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for his affection and support for Belgium in particular and the Vietnam - Belgium relationship in general.

The Prime Minister hopes that Belgium will soon have a specific project to implement the Resolution to support Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange, which was passed by the Belgian Parliament in October 2023.

To continue accompanying and effectively contributing to Vietnam's rise in the "new era", the Prime Minister suggested that the two countries promote substantive cooperation in areas where Belgium has strengths and Vietnam has needs such as high technology, circular economy, strategic infrastructure, and human resource training.

The two sides agreed to effectively promote existing bilateral cooperation mechanisms; create favorable conditions for people-to-people exchange and cooperation activities...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully invited Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever to visit Vietnam to continue promoting cooperation between the two countries.

The two leaders agreed that Vietnam and Belgium need to coordinate closely at international and regional forums to promote multilateralism and the rule of international law, as well as address global challenges.

Meeting with the King of Belgium, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man welcomed Belgium as the first country in the world to pass a Resolution of the Belgian Parliament on supporting Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange.

Thereby contributing to promoting attention and calling on the international community to support victims of Agent Orange; calling on EU Parliaments to pass similar Resolutions.

The National Assembly Chairman emphasized that the Belgian King's visit is an important milestone opening a new chapter in bilateral relations.

The National Assembly Chairman was pleased with the positive developments in the friendly relationship between Vietnam and Belgium in general and the cooperation between the Vietnamese National Assembly and the Belgian Parliament in particular.

The Belgian King emphasized that Vietnam is increasingly becoming a destination for Belgian tourists and businesses.

The King agreed that the two countries need to continue to deepen cooperation in high technology, semiconductors, green energy, precision engineering, sustainable agriculture, education and training, tourism, local cooperation, etc. through bilateral cooperation mechanisms and the Strategic Partnership framework on agriculture.

Belgium has experience and is ready to cooperate to help Vietnam detoxify areas contaminated with Agent Orange.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man talks with the King of Belgium.

The two sides agreed to increase delegation exchanges at all levels, especially between the Committees and Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups of the two countries' National Assemblies, to exchange information and experience in the fields of legislation and supervision.

King Philippe affirmed that the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) is beneficial for both countries and that Belgium is about to complete the ratification process of this Agreement.

National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man thanked and asked Belgian authorities at all levels to continue creating favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Belgium to successfully integrate into the host society, serving as a bridge to promote friendship and cooperation between the two countries.

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