A bookcase of Vietnamese books was launched by Youtube channel Viet Happiness Station in Pho Sure restaurant owned by an overseas Vietnamese (OV) in Ostende city, Belgium, on May 14.

Belgium’s Queen Mathilde, who is Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium, wrapped up her three-day visit to Vietnam, which highlighted the Southeast Asian country's significant achievements towards realising child rights as well as the key challenges the most vulnerable children still face.

President Vo Van Thuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on May 9 for Queen Mathilde of Belgium, who is on a visit to Vietnam in her capacity as Honorary President of UNICEF Belgium.

VOV.VN - An international art exchange programme was held in the ancient capital of Hue on April 30 between Hue and other sister cities throughout Vietnam and those from Belgium and the Republic of Korea.

Two rusty giant and eight small crosses at the Saigon Notre-Dame Cathedral in the southern metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City will be sent to Belgium for restoration.

VOV.VN - The European Commission (EC) has been compiling a dossier to monitor the level of 2-chloroethanol residues in rice paper products, phở (dried noddles), and bún (vermicelli noodles) imported from the Vietnamese market, according to the Vietnamese Trade Office in Belgium and the EU.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in Belgium is willing to promote cooperation between Vietnamese localities, including Binh Dinh, and those from Belgium as well as the EU, and help Belgian firms to gain greater insights into investment policies in Vietnam.

VOV.VN - Vietnam exported 7,420 tonnes of coffee worth US$18.77 million to the Netherlands in the first two months of the year, up 93.1% in volume and 105.7% in value year on year, according to the General Department of Vietnam Customs.

Over the last 50 years, relations between Vietnam and Belgium have developed from pure humanitarian cooperation into an increasingly effective economic partnership, said President of the Belgium - Vietnam Friendship Association (ABV) Pierre Gréga.

The Vietnam-Belgium Friendship Association on February 23 organised a seminar themed “Innovation development: The future of cooperation between Vietnam and Belgium” as one of the activities celebrating the 50th anniversary of the bilateral diplomatic ties (March 23, 1973 – March 23, 2023).