ASEAN Ladies’ Circle Heads “Friends Forever” Event in the Netherlands

Photo shows Veredigna Ledda (third from left), spouse of Philippine Ambassador to the Hague Jaime Victor B. Ledda,  and (from left) Thongvut Pintaruchi, spouse of Eksiri Pintaruchi, Ambassador of Thailand Rusdijana Puja, spouse of the Indonesian Ambassador and ASEAN Ladies Circle The Hague (ALCTH), President Anton Lutter (guest lecturer) and Syarizan Adzlinda Mohd Zin, spouse of the Malaysian Ambassador. (The Hague PE photo by EV Perez)

THE HAGUE 18 December 2019 — Led by the Veredigna Ledda, spouse of Philippine Ambassador to the Netherlands Jaime Victor B. Ledda, headed the ladies of the Philippine Embassy in The Hague at the “Friends Forever” event organized by the ASEAN Ladies Circle The Hague (ALCTH) on 13 November 2019 at the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia in Netherlands.

“Friends Forever” featured a lecture on “Dutch Relations to ASEAN in Cultural Perspective” by Anton Lutter, Commander of The Knights of Rizal and The Hague Chapter and news contributor of the “Diplomat Magazine”.

In his talk, Lutter highlighted the travels of the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, VOC) to the Southeast Asian region that resulted to commercial trade and cultural exchanges between region and the Netherlands, including Europe as a whole.  He also also presented artifacts of the rich diversity and uniqueness of the ASEAN cultures found in The Netherlands. 

ALCTH encourages and fosters cordial relationships among the wives and female representatives of the ASEAN missions accredited to the Netherlands.

The Association meets once or twice quarterly and carries out educational, cultural, social, and sports activities. END

Commander of The Knights of Rizal, The Hague Chapter, news contributor of the “Diplomat Magazine” and guest lecturer Anton Lutter (leftmost) conducts a lecture presentation on the “Dutch Relations to ASEAN in Cultural Perspective” on 13 November 2019. (The Hague PE photo by EV Perez)

ASEAN Ladies Circle The Hague (ALCTH) helps promote ASEAN cuisine with the Philippines offering turon saging (left photo) and vegetable pancit (right photo). (The Hague PE photo by EV Perez)

 ASEAN Ladies Circle The Hague (ALCTH) members from Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam perform the “We are ASEAN Dance” (The Hague PE photo by EV Perez)

The ASEAN Ladies Circle The Hague (ALCTH) members. (Embassy of Indonesia photo)

For more information, visit https://www.thehaguepe.dfa.gov.ph or  https://www.facebook.com/PHinTheNetherlands/.