Hanoi, July 13 -- Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and her Dutch counterpart Marcel De Vink co-chaired the first deputy ministerial-level political consultation between the two countries in The Hague, the Netherlands on July 11.

Speaking at the event Deputy Minister De Vink highlighted the growing bilateral relations following the visit of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to the Netherlands in December 2022 and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte's visit to Vietnam in November 2023.

He affirmed that the strong political trust between the two countries' senior leaders, along with the deep affection and over five decades of Dutch support for Vietnam -symbolised by numerous development projects, most notably the Hanoi-Amsterdam High Schoo...