(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers co-chaired the eighth meeting of the Vietnam-Netherlands Inter-Governmental Committee on climate change adaptation and water management on Tuesday in The Hague.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (R) and Dutch Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Mark Harbers exchange the minutes of the 8th meeting (Photo: VNA) |
Deputy PM Ha expressed his delight at the positive development of their bilateral relations, including a strategic partnership on climate change adaptation and water management. Ha thanked the Netherlands for its active and effective contributions to Vietnam’s sustainable socio-economic development, and said he hopes to receive the Netherlands’ support in the fields of green transition, renewable energy, water resource management, and climate change response.
The two sides conducted a strategic policy dialogue on climate change response and water management, and discussed related policies and priority activities of both Vietnam and the Netherlands.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha (R) meets Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme (Photo: VNA) |
Deputy PM Ha then had a meeting with Prince Jaime de Bourbon de Parme, Climate Envoy of the Netherlands, during which he said Vietnam always promotes its comprehensive partnership with the Netherlands and wants to work with the Netherlands to deepen the strategic partnership framework on climate change adaptation and sustainable agriculture.
Ha said he hopes the Prince will encourage Dutch businesses to transfer technology and invest in the fields of climate change adaptation, greenhouse gas emission reduction, energy transition, digital transformation, and smart infrastructure construction in Vietnam, and support the development of regulations and provide financial assistance to facilitate Vietnam's climate change adaptation.
 Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha works with representatives from Invest International (Photo: VNA) |
The Netherlands’s Climate Envoy praised Vietnam’s strong commitment to climate change response, as well as its active and responsible participation in the Summit for a New Global Financial Pact held recently in France. He mentioned maintaining support for Vietnam in implementing the Mekong Delta Planning, and completing a legal framework on water management and energy transition.
During his visit, Ha visited the Invest International Fund, the Green Hydrogen Centre, and the Global Center on Adaptation in Rotterdam.
On Tuesday afternoon, the Deputy PM left the Netherlands for Hanoi.