
State President Nguyen Minh Triet received a delegation of the
Netherlands-based FrieslandCampina Group, led by Managing Director
Cornelis Christiaan’t Hart, in Hanoi on Sept. 14.
President Triet applauded FrieslandCampina’s cooperative ties with
Vietnam in recent years, especially in milk production. He urged the
group to transfer milk cow breeding techniques to local farmers and
expand its operation to other fields.
The leader
praised the group for its support for hunger eradication and poverty
reduction as well as poor students in Vietnam.
President Triet also affirmed Vietnam’s wish to strengthen its
multifaceted cooperation with the Netherlands, saying Vietnam is
learning from the Dutch about how to respond to rising sea levels.
Hart thanked the Vietnamese Government for its favourable conditions
for the company to do business in the country over the past 15 years.
With 130 years’ experience, FrieslandCampina is willing to cooperate
with and transfer techniques to help Vietnam develop milk cow
breeding, he said.
The executive said his group
wants to cooperate with Vietnamese partners in other areas. He also
promised to continue backing the country’s hunger elimination, poverty
reduction and poor students./.