Mr. Pham Toan Thang speaking at the ceremony (Photo: vov.vn) This is an event hosted by the Vietnamese Embassy as the rotating President of the ASEAN Committee in the Netherlands. Mr. Pham Toan Thang, Charge d'Affaires of the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands, said ASEAN has played an important role in maintaining peace, stability, cooperation and development in the region. By establishing the ASEAN Community in 2015, it has become an important economic centre of the region and the world. Members are trying their best to successfully carry out the vision to 2025. Mr. Thang emphasized that Vietnam pledges to build a unified ASEAN, strengthen ties, and promote ASEAN’s central role. He added that since its establishment in October 2015, the ASEAN Committee in the Netherlands has organized many activities to promote ASEAN’s image and boost cooperation between ASEAN and the Netherlands and its partners. After the ceremony, Ms. Rudsjana Puja, Head of the ASEAN Ladies … [Read more...] about ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony at Vietnamese Embassy in Netherlands
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Vietnam, Netherlands hold potential for stronger cooperation
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The dynamic and effective partnership between Vietnam and the Netherlands is built on strong political, trade-investment ties and diverse cooperation areas, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa said in an interview to the press on the occasion of the 45th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties. Since the establishment of diplomatic ties (April 9, 1973), Vietnam and the Netherlands have developed and cooperated together in peace and prosperity on the basis of common interests and mutual respect. In its policy towards Asia and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), the Netherlands always considers Vietnam one of the prioritized partners, she said. With the support of the Vietnamese State, Government, localities and businesses with a policy of expanding cooperation with the Netherlands in the fields of their strengths and demand, cooperation agreements reached during … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Netherlands hold potential for stronger cooperation
Harry makes pals with ex-soldier’s dog on Netherlands visit
News / UK and world by Press Association July 23, 2018, 7:14 pm Updated: July 23, 2018, 7:18 pm FacebookTwitterLinkedInWhatsAppEmail Sign up to our Daily newsletter The Duke of Sussex could not resist the attentions of an ex-soldier’s friendly dog when he met members of the Netherlands’ Invictus Games team on their home soil. When Harry was told Rhone, a black labrador, was a “working dog” he shied away from the animal which is a post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) buddy for former tank driver Joyce van den Waardenburg. They met when Harry was introduced to leading figures from Dutch society after attending a major Aids conference in Amsterdam. Despite being warned the two-year-old dog was out of bounds, he soon gave her a playful stoke under the chin and Rhone looked back at her owner, almost in astonishment. Ms van den Waardenburg, 35, who developed PTSD after serving in Iraq, said about her buddy dog: “She loves … [Read more...] about Harry makes pals with ex-soldier’s dog on Netherlands visit
Turkey, Netherlands agree to normalise ties
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey and the Netherlands have agreed to normalise ties, Turkey's foreign ministry said on Friday. The decision was reached in a phone call between Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his Dutch counterpart Stef Blok, it said. "During this telephone conversation, the ministers agreed to normalize the diplomatic relations between the Netherlands and Turkey. To that extent the ministers agreed to reinstate ambassadors in Ankara and The Hague shortly," the ministry said in a statement. (Reporting by Tulay Karadeniz and Ali Kucukgocmen; Editing by Dominic Evans) … [Read more...] about Turkey, Netherlands agree to normalise ties
Vietnam, Netherlands celebrate 50 years of solidarity
Participants are watching a documentary film on Vietnam-Netherlands cooperation in the war time at the ceremony (Source: the Vietnamese Embassy in the Netherlands) Hanoi (VNA) - A ceremony was recently held in Nijmegen city, the Netherlands, to mark 50 years of people-to-people relations between Vietnam and the European country, which began with the establishment of the Netherlands-Vietnam Medical Committee (MCNV) in 1968. The event was attended by Vietnamese Ambassador to the Netherlands Ngo Thi Hoa and Dutch friends who had joined movements against the US’s invasion war in Vietnam in the 1960s-1970s. Ad Spijkers, who was once representative of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) in Vietnam and also an active member of the movement in support of Vietnam in Nijmegen, recalled the development of the solidarity movement with Vietnam in the city in the 1960s-1970s. Many organisations and groups in support of Vietnam were formed in Nijmegen, especially at local … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Netherlands celebrate 50 years of solidarity