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Vietnam and the Netherlands to cooperate on new climate institute


On 8 October 2009 the Governments of Vietnam and the Netherlands signed a Letter of Intent to cooperate on a new climate institute in Vietnam

The Letter of Intent was signed during the seminar «Climate Change and Water Management in the Mekong Delta and Ho Chi Minh City», which was held on 8 October 2009 in Ho Chi Minh City. The seminar was part of a mission to Vietnam by Dutch vice-minister Tineke Huizinga.

About 300 participants listened to and discussed presentations from both countries about «Water Management and Climate Change Adaptation».

Vice-minister Huizinga also signed an agreement with the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, to cooperate towards better water management in the Mekong Delta over the coming 6 years.

In the framework of the Dutch governmental programme «Water Mondiaal», and on request by Partners for Water, CPWC has organized a reconnaissance mission to Vietnam in August 2009.

Documentation Vietnam mission