In photos: Deputy PM Dung visits three EU countries

Minister of Infrastructure and Environment Melanie Schultz,

and first Special Envoy for International Water Affairs Henk Ovink.

Mr Dung and Mr Schultz co-chaired the 6th meeting of the Vietnam-Netherlands intergovernmental committee on climate change adaptation and water management.

The Deputy PM said the two countries have turned climate change challenges into opportunities of cooperation in agriculture, water management and education-training.

Deputy PM Dung and Minister Schultz signed minutes of the meeting, agreeing that the 7th event will be held in Hanoi next year.

Mr Dung had a working session with authorities from the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands on April 19 to study the European country’s experience in planning, building and operating seaports.

He exchanged experience in seaport planning and development with leaders of NACO.

Deputy PM Dung visited the Deltares Research Institute – a leading science application institute in the Netherlands in geology, environment, and delta.

Mr Dung received Willem Hendrik Schuurman,Vietnam Honorary Consul to Amsterdam and Rotterdam.

He visited the Vietnamese Embassy and met overseas Vietnamese community in the Netherlands.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade Charles Flanagan.

Deputy PM Dung paid a three day visit to the UK on April 24-26. Pictured is a meeting between the deputy PM and the Duke of York Prince Andrew at Buckingham Palace.

The Duke of York said he would assist Vietnam in building models for business connectivity and startup, thus helping Vietnamese small- and medium-sized enterprises develop and reap success on the global scale. 

Mr Dung met with leaders of UK businesses, including President of Jardine Matheson Group.

paid floral tribute to the late President Ho Chi Minh at the New Zealand House at No 80, Haymarket, where the late President worked in 1913,

and visited the Vietnamese Embassy in London.