Luxembourg–Vietnam relations

In December 2008, Vietnam called on Luxembourg to support its ties with European Union. For its part, Vietnam is backing Luxembourg's candidacy for the post of non-permanent member at the UN Security Council.[http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Vietnam-calls-Luxembourg-to-support-its-ties-with-EU/200812/100504.vov "Vietnam calls Luxembourg to support its ties with EU"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415015128/http://english.vovnews.vn/Home/Vietnam-calls-Luxembourg-to-support-its-ties-with-EU/200812/100504.vov |date=2009-04-15 }}, VOV News, 23 December 2008.

Vietnam is one of the ten key countries in Luxembourg's development cooperation program.[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/politics/2009/02/828081 "Grand Duke of Luxembourg to visit Vietnam"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412125813/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/politics/2009/02/828081/ |date=2009-04-12 }}, VietNamNet Bridge, 10 February 2009. The countries have agreed to build a legal framework to facilitate business ties.[http://www.vnanet.vn/Home/EN/tabid/119/itemid/202516/Default.aspx "Viet Nam, Luxembourg facilitate investment ties"], Vietnam News Agency, 2 July 2007. At a meeting between Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Tấn Dũng and his Luxembourg counterpart, Jean-Claude Juncker, in September 2006, the two Prime Ministers agreed the need to boost bilateral trade ties based on the combination of Luxembourg's advanced technology and Vietnam's intensive labour force.[http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2006/09/612678/ "Vietnamese Days open in Luxembourg with business seminar"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080623231257/http://english.vietnamnet.vn/biz/2006/09/612678/ |date=2008-06-23 }}, VietNamNet Bridge, 17 September 2006. Nguyễn Tấn Dũng, in October 2007, praised the cooperation by Luxembourg companies in finance and education and expressed the wish to boost bilateral ties with Luxembourg in these areas.[http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78972.php "Vietnam wants to boost economic and education ties"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081009044856/http://www.neurope.eu/articles/78972.php |date=2008-10-09 }}, New Europe, 20 October 2007. In December 2008, according to Vietnam National Assembly Chairman Nguyễn Phú Trọng, there was still much potential for further economic and commercial co-operation.[http://vietnamnews.vnagency.com.vn/showarticle.php?num=02POL231208 "Nation bolsters ties with Luxembourg"], Vietnam News Agency, 23 December 2008.

Luxembourg pledged EUR35 million in aid for the 2002-05 period.[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-26087627_ITM "Luxembourg and Vietnam strengthen ties with US$34.7 mln grant"], Asia Pulse News, 26 September 2002.

• Luxembourg is accredited to Vietnam from its embassy in Beijing, China.
• Vietnam is accredited to Luxembourg from its embassy in Brussels, Belgium.

== See also ==

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• Foreign relations of Luxembourg
• Foreign relations of Vietnam
• Vietnam–EU relations

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• [http://www.mofa.gov.vn/en/cn_vakv/euro/nr040819111527 Luxembourg], Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [http://www.vietnamvisacorp.com/tips/how-to-apply-for-vietnam-visa-from-luxembourg.html Vietnam visa from Luxembourg]
• [http://www.gouvernement.lu/4684612/vietnam Official website of Luxembourg Development Cooperation]
• [http://bangkok.mae.lu/en Homepage of Luxembourg Embassy in Thailand]
• [https://www.facebook.com/LuxembourgEmbassyVietnam Facebook page of Luxembourg Embassy to Vietnam]

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