The Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam and the People’s Committee of Can Tho city on November 10 opened the Dutch Cultural Festival with a wide range of activities held to celebrate the 45th anniversary of Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic relations.
The Netherlands' cuisine introduced at Dutch Cultural Festival (Source: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) - The Embassy of the Netherlands in Vietnam and thePeople’s Committee of Can Tho city on November 10 opened the Dutch CulturalFestival with a wide range of activities held to celebrate the 45th anniversaryof Vietnam-Netherlands diplomatic relations.
Highlights of the event were a parade of orange bikes, aphoto exhibition, and an area to introduce the Netherlands’ cuisine.
Other activities such as a seminar titled “the Netherlandsstands side by side with Vietnam towards a sustainable future for the MekongDelta”, a Dutch education workshop, a field trip to the Netherlands’ The FruitRepublic Company in the Mekong Delta city, and film screening promoting theEuropean country’s culture.
Dutch Ambassador Elsbeth Akkerman affirmed that with closerelations over the past 45 years, Vietnam and the Netherlands will see newdevelopments in fostering trade, culture, tourism and education.
On the basis of the two strategic cooperative agreements onadaptation to climate change and water management, and agriculture and foodsafety, the Netherlands will maintain its efforts to help Vietnam build andimplement plans to increase the livelihood for people in regions prone toclimate change, and intensify technology application in sustainable andenvironmentally-friendly agricultural production, she added.
Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee TruongQuang Hoai Nam emphasised the Netherlands is a strategic partner of Vietnam ingeneral and the Mekong Delta in particular.
Therefore, with its role as the centre of the region, CanTho will try its utmost in attracting investment, upgrading infrastructure andreforming administrative procedures to expand trade and cultural exchanges withthe European nation, thus helping bilateral relations match with both sides’potential and advantages, Nam affirmed.-VNA
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