PM Pham Minh Chinh begins Poland visit

Chinh and his entourage were welcomed at the airport by State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Wladysław Teofil Bartoszewski, Polish Ambassador to Vietnam Joanna Skoczek and other Polish diplomats.

Vietnamese Ambassador to Poland Ha Hoang Hai, other officials of the Vietnamese Embassy, and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Poland were also present at the airport.

This is the first official visit by a Vietnamese Prime Minister to Poland in 15 years. The visit comes at a time when the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Poland are thriving. It coincides with celebrations of the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

During his stay from January 15 - 18, Chinh is expected to hold talks and have meetings with senior Polish leaders, visit leading educational and research institutions locally, attend a Vietnam-Poland business forum, and meet with leading Polish corporations.

He will meet with staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Poland, participate in the Spring Homeland 2025 programne, and extend Lunar New Year greetings to Vietnamese expatriates in Poland.

The visit aims to create breakthroughs and elevate Vietnam-Poland relations, so as to deepen ties with the Central and Eastern European region. Both sides are set to examine measures to enhance cooperation in areas such as politics-diplomacy, defense-security, economy-trade-investment, education-training, culture-sports-tourism, local cooperation, people-to-people exchanges, agriculture, environment, health care, information and communication technology, justice, development cooperation, and employment.

Poland is Chinh’s first stopover during his European tour that will also take him to the Czech Republic and Switzerland. In Switzerland he will also attend the 55th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos.