Prime Minister Phan Van Khai starts Denmark visit

VNA Sept. 29 -- Prime Minister Phan Van Khai arrived in Copenhagen at 11:30 hrs (local time) today (Sept. 29), starting his official visit to Denmark, the last leg of his tour of four Scandinavian countries.

Vietnamese PM Phan Van Khai and his Danish counterpart Paul Nyrup Rasmussen held talks this afternoon.

Earlier, PM Khai met with Copenhagen Mayor Hans T. Hansen. He also toured the Ore Sund Exhibition, Pepper island and the construction side of a bridge linking Copenhagen and Malmo city, southern Sweden.

This is the third visit to Denmark by Vietnamese Prime Ministers with the two previous by Pham Van Dong and Vo Van Kiet.

The same day, Vietnamese Ministers and Deputy Ministers accompanying the Prime Minister paid working visits to research, production and business establishments in the Danish capital city.