zondag 30 maart 2025

State Visit #16: Vietnam

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde are making a state visit to Vietnam from 1 April to 3 April 2025. They will be visiting Hanoi, Hai Phong and Ho Chi Minh City.

Sunday 30 March 2025

King Philippe & Queen Mathilde take off from Melsbroek airport.








Monday 31 March 2025

Arrival in Hanoi, Vietnam.


With Belgian ambassador Karl Van den Bossche.

Tuesday 1 April 2025

The first day of the State Visit focused on meetings with the Vietnamese authorities.





After ceremonies at the Monument of National Heroes and the Mausoleum of Hô Chi Minh, the father of modern Vietnam, the King and Queen were officially welcomed by the President of the Republic and his wife.




Meeting at the presidential palace with Vietnam's President Luong Cuong & his wife Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet. 

The Queen and the First Lady visited the ‘Stilt House’, the former home of President Hô Chi Minh.







The Queen then went to the National Hospital of Pediatrics, an institution that cooperates with several Belgian institutions: the Queen Fabiola Children’s University Hospital, the Université libre de Bruxelles and the Haute école Léonard de Vinci. 
 








Coffee ceremony.





In the evening there was a state banquet.



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