Crown Prince Couple of Denmark lead business promotion, sustainable development & green transition
Under the theme ‘Creating a greener future together’, The Crown Prince Couple of Denmark is leading a business delegation, consisting of more than 30 Danish companies with cutting-edge technology and know-how on sustainability and green transition.to Vietnam from November 1-2. 2022.
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The official visit the Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth began with the official welcome ceremony hosted by Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan at the Presidential Palace and followed by a courtesy call with President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, on November 1, 2022.
At the meetings, the Crown Prince reconfirmed Denmark’s commitment to a strong bilateral relationship with Vietnam. Denmark attaches great importance to Vietnam, as a bilateral partner as well as an increasingly significant actor on the global efforts against climate change. With the signing of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in 2013, Denmark and Vietnam have moved from traditional development cooperation to a full-fledged and mutually beneficial partnership on trade and investment, green growth, political dialogue, energy, food safety, education, health and culture.
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| The official visit of Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth of Denmark began with the official welcome ceremony hosted by Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan at the Presidential Palace. (Photo: Anh Son) |
At the meetings, the Crown Prince reconfirmed Denmark’s commitment to a strong bilateral relationship with Vietnam. Denmark attaches great importance to Vietnam - as a bilateral partner as well as an increasingly significant actor on the global efforts against climate change. With the signing of the Comprehensive Partnership Agreement in 2013, Denmark and Vietnam moved from traditional development cooperation to a full-fledged and mutually beneficial partnership on trade and investment, green growth, political dialogue, energy, food safety, education, health and culture.
The official programme of the visit continued with the Grand Opening of the Denmark –Vietnam Sustainable Energy Summit where the Crown Prince Couple, together with a number of high level representatives of the government of Vietnam, witnessed the signing of 14 Memorandum of Understanding between Danish and Vietnamese companies.
Offshore wind power and energy efficiency, which play a critical role in supporting Vietnam’s efforts to transit to a low-carbon economy, are also the two areas that Danish companies possess solid and wellproven solutions and technology.
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Following the Grand Opening of the Denmark – Vietnam Sustainable Energy Summit were the two seminars: ‘Exploring the role for Danish know-how and technology in building a wind industry in Vietnam’ and ‘Improving energy efficiency in industry towards net zero emissions target by 2050’. Nearly 70 % of green house gas emissions in Vietnam come from the energy production and consumption. Therefore, action in the energy sector is paramount for the green transition of the economy.
‘The visit to Vietnam by the Crown Prince Couple has great value – both practically and symbolically – as it underlines the great friendship and cooperation between Denmark and Vietnam. It also helps step up the two countries’ high-ranking discussion on the path towards greener and more sustainable societies. The two seminars, one on offshore wind power and the other on energy efficiency, hosted today respectively by Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth, have created great platforms for further strengthening the ongoing debates and exchanges of knowledge and experience between Danish and Vietnamese sector decision makers, business people and potential investors’ said Ambassador of Denmark in Vietnam Nicolai Prytz.
The first day of the official visit concluded with a grand dinner and a gala performance by renowned Vietnamese and Danish artists at the Hanoi Opera Theatre to celebrate the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Vietnam.
On the second day of the official visit, Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth will attend a trade and investment promotion event between Danish and Vietnamese offshore wind power businesses and investors in Hai Phong and visit the largest industrial port in Northern Vietnam, which in the future could be powered by offshore wind energy. The Crown Prince will also attend an Offshore Wind for Kids event at the Ocean Dragon Beach (Hai Phong), where kids can play with small-scale offshore wind turbines and learn various aspects of offshore wind energy.
On the same day, the Crown Princess will attend the workshop ‘Build the Change’ hosted by the LEGO Foundation in Ha Nam province. Vietnamese children at the workshop will use LEGO® bricks and other creative materials to express their ideas & solutions for a greener world tomorrow. The Crown Princess will also visit Xuan Thanh cement plant, where Danish technology from FLSmidth plays a key role in saving up to 15% energy consumption as well as enabling up to 80% substitution of fossil fuel by alternative fuels in cement industry.
| The official visit to Vietnam by Danish Crown Prince Frederik and Crown Princess Mary Elizabeth to Vietnam is part of the 50th anniversary celebration of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Vietnam, which has been delayed one year due to the COVID 19 pandemic. The Danish Royal Family has close roots in Vietnam as the late Prince spent several of his earliest and adolescent years in Vietnam. The Crown Prince Couple visited Vietnam for the first time together with H.M. The Queen and H.R.H The late Prince in 2009 during a State Visit. The Crown Prince came back to Vietnam in 2011 during the 40th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Denmark and Vietnam. |
(Source: WVR)
