The Netherlands Minister for Development Co-operation Agnes Van Ardenne will pay a working visit to Vietnam on July 3, according to the Dutch Embassy in Vietnam.

On the occasion, the Netherlands Development Finance Company (FMO) and Sacombank will sign a programme on housing loans. In addition, the SNV Netherlands Development Organisation and the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will sign agreement on Biogas.

The Netherlands and the World Bank, for their part, will also sign a co-operation programme on Natural Disaster Risk Management.

The total Dutch bilateral assistance to Vietnam will amount to some 50 million euros this year.