Flashback: Trade Visit to Vietnam

Crown Prince Philippe & Princess Mathilde presided a trade mission to Vietnam, accompanying various Belgian politicians and over a hundred Belgian companies.

11 March 2012
Arrival at Hanoi airport.

 

Visit to Hoan Kiem Lake.

12 March 2012
Wreath-laying ceremony at the mausoleum of Ho Chi Minh in Hanoi and visit to the Vietnam National University.

Princess Mathilde visited a health centre and attended a meeting with Belgian businesswomen

of the delegation at the Sheraton Hanoi Hotel.

Official dinner hosted by the Vietnamese government.

13 March 2012

Princess Mathilde made a visit to a vegetable garden and a temple in Phu THo and met with Hoang Dan Mac, Chairman of the People's Committee in Phu THo.

In the evening Philippe and Mathilde attended an official reception in Hanoi.

14 March 2012

Microcredit field visits.

Philippe & Mathilde talked to the press when the news broke of the accident in Switzerland with a coach of Belgian children. Over twenty children had died in the nightmare crash.

15 March 2012

Arrival at Ho Chi Minh City Tan Son Nhat International Airport.

As UNICEF chair, Mathilde visited the Thao Dan Child Centre.

Banquet at the Rex Hotel.

16 March 2012

Official reception in Ho Chi Minh City. A minute of silence for the victims of the bus crash in

Switzerland was held.

Visit to the Mekong Plus shop.