PM Pham Minh Chinh starts an official visit to the Netherlands on December 10, 2022. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

He is scheduled to meet the Dutch Queen, Prime Minister Mark Rutte, leaders of the Dutch parliament, and attend the Vietnam-Netherlands business forum. 

Relations between Vietnam and the Netherlands have grown strongly in various fields, especially investment, trade, agriculture and climate change response.

The Netherlands is Vietnam’s second biggest trade partner in Europe and its biggest investor in the European Union. Two-way trade in the first 9 months of this year  amounted to 8.2 billion USD, up 36% year on year.

The Netherlands has invested 13.5 billion USD in 380 projects in Vietnam and has donated 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to the country.

PM Pham Minh Chinh and Luxembourg’s Grand Duke Henri.

During a meeting with Grand Duke Henri earlier the same day as part of his 2-day visit to Luxembourg, PM Chinh asked Luxembourg to push for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement and provide financial and technical support for Vietnam’s renewable energy development.

Grand Duke Henri said that Luxembourg is committed to helping Vietnam achieve its green growth goals.