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RED CARPET WELCOME FOR NORWEGIAN STATE SECRETARY
April 16, 2009- the Norwegian State Secretary for International Development, Mr. Hakon Gulbrandsen, the Norwegian Ambassador to Viet Nam, Mr. Kjell Storlokken and his delegation paid a visit to Can Tho University.
After the greeting speech of Assoc.Prof. Nguyen Anh Tuan, Rector of Can Tho University, the delegation listened to the brief introduction of Can Tho University. Mr. H.Gulbrandsen was interested in the DRAGON institute - Mekong of Can Tho University and its research foci.
Talking to CTU staff and students, Hakon said that Norway had been actively supporting Vietnam’s development efforts over the past decades through many different channels. He was pleased to see that these efforts had been successfully realised in many areas and regions including in the Mekong Delta.
Hakon emphasized that the purpose of the visit was to gain better understanding of the progress being made by the region in meeting various socio-economic and development targets as well as the challenges in terms of climate change.
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