An article published on Belgium’s brusselstimes.com has recently hailed Vietnam as a sustained development partner and destination of foreign investment for the European Union (EU) in Southeast Asia.

General Director of the General Department of Vietnam Customs (GDVC) Nguyen Van Can and Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) Ville Itälä signed a customs administrative cooperation agreement between the Vietnamese Finance Ministry and OLAF in Brussels on December 14.

The south-central province of Binh Dinh is determined to have no local fishing boats violating foreign waters in the next six months before the European Commission (EC) review the “yellow card” against Vietnamese fisheries sector, according to Secretary of the provincial Party Committee Ho Quoc Dung.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Brussels on December 13 for the ASEAN-EU Commemorative Summit and an official visit to Belgium at the invitation of President of the European Council Charles Michel and Belgian PM Alexander De Croo.

VOV.VN - Vietnam is not only a major bilateral partner for the EU, but is also an important partner of the bloc’s co-operation with ASEAN.

VOV.VN - The Kingdom of Belgium is Vietnam’s sixth largest European trading partner, followed by the Netherlands, Germany, France, Italy, and Austria, with the two sides having successfully maintained a good relationship since first establishing diplomatic ties on March 22, 1973.

President of the French Senate Gérard Larcher visited the France-invested Nhon-Hanoi station urban railway line in Hanoi on December 9 as part of his visit to Vietnam.

European businesses are looking forward to growing operations in Vietnam in a range of sectors, according to the European Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (EuroCham).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-ranking delegation left Hanoi early December 9 to attend a summit commemorating the 45th anniversary of the ASEAN-EU relations and pay official visits to Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and Belgium from December 9 to December 16.

VOV.VN - A Hanoi delegation led by Nguyen Thi Tuyen, standing deputy secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, recently went on a working visit to Germany, with a view to promoting friendship and co-operation between Hanoi and Berlin.