President Truong Tan Sang on April 9 met with Rudy Demotte,
Minister-President of the Wallonia-Brussels Region, Belgium, who is
on an official visit to Vietnam.

Praising the
visit, which takes place as Vietnam and Belgium celebrate their 40
th anniversary of diplomatic ties, Sang expressed his delight at
Vietnam ’s cooperative relations with Belgium, and Wallonia in
particular.

Sang said Vietnam treasures its ties with Francophone countries including Belgium.

He expressed his gratitude to the region, which has provided
non-refundable development assistance to Vietnam to help the country
implement projects in education, vocational training, health and
environment.

Rudy Demotte proposed the two countries increase all-level delegation exchanges in the coming time.

He said he hopes the Vietnamese State leader will continue
facilitating the cooperation between the two countries, especially in
applied science, education and training, energy, mechanical engineering
and bio-technology.-VNA