(VOVworld) – The Netherlands’s Consulate General in Ho Chi Minh City celebrated the Netherlands’ King Day and National Day on Thursday. Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Vice Chairman Le Manh Ha highlighted the Vietnam-Netherlands relationship over the past 40 years, saying it laid a solid foundation for setting up a strategic partnership in various fields- climate change adaptation, hi-tech agriculture,  water management, and education and training. He added that the relationship between Ho Chi Minh City and the Netherlands has also flourished with last year’s trade turnover reaching more than 650 million USD. Bilateral cooperation in culture, education and training and climate change has developed steadily.