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Old 10-10-2005, 02:33 PM
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Willem-Alexander holds a speech on monday at the University in Hanoi Department for Hanoi Water Resources University , Vietnam on October 10 , 2005. Pictures ANP and DPA without watermark.
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Old 10-10-2005, 02:37 PM
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WA at the Sofitel Hotel in Hanoi with children of Dutchmen who work and live in Hanoi. The prince pays a working visit to Vietnam and China from October 10th to the 21st. With these visits , focussed on water management in both countries , he gives meaning to his patronage of the Global Water Partnership.
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For how long is his staying there?
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Lovely pictures Miss Helen. Thank you.:)

I especially like this picture ... Are there any communist symbols that have been left out? I think they have most of them represented here.

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... a few more pictures from ANP ...
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For how long is his staying there?
See the title of this thread: October 10th -21st.
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... a few more pictures from ANP ...
Seems a bit tacky to have wine when you're at an event with so many children....
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This was a reception where their parents were also present & drinking wine. Frthermore it is awfully rude to refuse. The Queen never refuses anything but instead takes a small bite/sip if she doesn't like it.
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Lovely pictures Miss Helen. Thank you.:)

I especially like this picture ... Are there any communist symbols that have been left out? I think they have most of them represented here.

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Its such a pity that i'm studying in Australia so i can not be in Vietnam to get to see Prince WA.:(
Actually the yellow star is the symbol of Vietnam, Squidgy,its on our flag, the other one represent for the Communist Party.
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Its such a pity that i'm studying in Australia so i can not be in Vietnam to get to see Prince WA. :(
Actually the yellow star is the symbol of Vietnam, Squidgy,its on our flag, the other one represent for the Communist Party.
Are you from Vietnam too?
Me too, although i was born here in the Netherlands. There is absolutely some communism left there, especially if it comes to the political system, but there is a free market thing there going on. I could see some very big changes when i spended my summer over there. Nice country with a big pour class and a very small rich class, such a pity.
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Seems a bit tacky to have wine when you're at an event with so many children....
why? as long as there is a separate tray of orange juice or something for them so they don't have to be thirsty.

the grownups can have their wine with no harmful effect on the children.
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Its such a pity that i'm studying in Australia so i can not be in Vietnam to get to see Prince WA.:(
Actually the yellow star is the symbol of Vietnam, Squidgy,its on our flag, the other one represent for the Communist Party.
I'm sorry HMQueenElizabethII,:) to me the star looked reddish in colour, so I assumed it was supposed to be the red star that is sometimes used as a symbol for communism. I didn't mean to offend with my remark - I just thought the picture had so much symbolism in it! It was striking!

Yes, too bad you couldn't be in Vietnam to see the Prince - maybe next time!:)
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Visiting Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander is greeted by Vietnam's Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien at the Government Guest House in Hanoi October 11, 2005. Pictures without watermark Reuters
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Prince Willem-Alexander attracts many locals. The prince takes a look at the Vietnamese-Dutch Integrated Coastal Zone Management project. Pictures from DPA.
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I really like it how the prince and the princess split up their duties so that their children won't be alone for a long time, just like any other modern family these days!
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new picture from the meeting on Tuesday with the Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs , Mr. Nguyen Dy Nien R in the Gouvernment Guest House in Hanoi. Picture from DPA
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Picture from today during the visit from the Tung Lam project in Da Nang. Picture without watermark ANP
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A few more colourful pictures from Vietnam ... from ANP.
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