(VOVworld)- The 2^nd National Congress of the Vietnam-Denmark Association opened in Hanoi on Monday. The Congress elected new Executive Board consisting of 36 members. Tran Hong Ha, the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment was elected the Association’s President for the 2014-2019 term. In his address, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organizations Nguyen Thi Hoang Van praised the association’s great contributions to bilateral ties between the two countries.