On 19 September, Minister-president Bourgeois received the Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, Vương Đình Huệ, at the Errera House in Brussels. They discussed the economic trade mission of Flanders to Vietnam in 2018.
Vietnam is an important economic growth market for Flanders. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2013. This includes agreements on cooperation in the field of education, economics, foreign trade scientific cooperation, environment, welfare and youth.
