The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam this morning, 1 November 2022 and was warmly welcomed by H.E. Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, the President of Vietnam and H.E. Madame Vo Thi Anh Xuan, Vice President of Vietnam at the Presidential Palace.

Today, their Royal Highnesses will join the Grand Opening of the Denmark-Vietnam Sustainable Energy Summit and participate in the MOU signings along with the Danish business delegation and Vietnamese officials and business representatives at Melia Hotel.

Following on the agenda, the Royal couple and business delegations of Denmark and Vietnam will attend several discussions focusing on wind energy and energy efficiency.

The role of Danish know-how and technology, opportunities, and challenges in building a wind industry in Vietnam will be discussed in the wind energy conference.While the energy efficiency conference is to highlight the pathway towards carbon neutrality of both countries.

In the evening, the Grand Dinner consisting of the Danish and Vietnamese fusion cuisines will be served as a return dinner for the Royal couple at Hilton Hanoi Opera Hotel. The dinner will show-case some of the best food Denmark and Vietnam has to offer in the New Nordic food tradition, and will be orchestrated by the renowned T.U.N.G. dining.

The Crown Prince and Crown Princess will also attend the 50th Anniversary Gala Performance at the Opera House Hanoi where the Danish band Moi Caprice and Vietnamese artists Thanh Lam, Pham Thu Ha and Vu, and many more artists will be performing to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Denmark-Vietnam diplomatic relations.

The Royal couple’s schedule on the last day of the visit is to be equally busy, starting in the morning with their trip to visit the offshore wind sector in Hai Phong City and to tour around the Xuan Thanh Ha Nam Cement Factory in Ha Nam Province. Then, they will eventually fly out from Noi Bai Airport in the evening of Wednesday, 2 November 2022.

Danish Crown Prince’s Vietnam visit to beef up bilateral relations

The visit to Vietnam by Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth from October 31- November 3 is expected to provide a good opportunity for Danish businesses to meet Vietnamese companies and experts, contributing to further stepping up the relationship between the two countries, a Danish official has said.

In an interview to Vietnam News Agency in Copenhagen on the occasion of the visit, Danish State Secretary for Trade and Global Sustainability Lina Hansen stressed it aims to discuss green future, sustainability and common solutions.

The Danish Crown Prince will be accompanied by representatives of over 30 leading Danish companies which specialise in wind energy, and efficient energy management and use. He will have meetings with Vietnamese leaders and attend trade and investment promotion activities.

The visit will be the third by Crown Prince Frederik to Vietnam after those in 2009 and 2011.

Denmark opened its embassy in Vietnam five decades ago and the bilateral relationship has witnessed fruitful development, including the relations among not only their peoples but also businesses, the official said.

With the cooperation of Danish and Vietnamese experts, the two countries can build innovative solutions and better green solutions for the future, she added.

Building the foundation for the partnership between the two countries is a measure to further strengthen the bilateral relations, the official said, adding that the two sides will organise trade seminars and roundtables between companies and government agencies to share relevant experience and knowledge.

The Danish delegation’s visit to Vietnam is a good example of how the two countries can further promote the bilateral relations, she stressed.

The Vietnam – Denmark relations have recorded many achievements in all traditional fields such as politics – diplomacy, economy – trade – investment, people-to-people exchange, and agriculture education and labour cooperation, and new spheres such as climate change adaptation, renewable energy, green growth, and sustainable development.

During a meeting with Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Luong Thanh Nghi in May 2022, Queen Margrethe II expected that the relations will continue to develop to a new height in a more comprehensive and substantive manner for mutual benefits./.