Vietnam and Poland look to lift ties to new heights

The agreement was reached during a meeting in Dalian, China, on June 25, between Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Polish President Andrzej Duda, on the sidelines of the ongoing 15th Annual Meeting of the New Champions of the World Economic Forum.

Chinh thanked Poland for providing its valuable support and assistance to Vietnam in national construction and defense, and affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the development of traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Poland.

He proposed that the two countries maintain visit exchanges to further increase economic-trade-investment cooperation, as well as cultural and people-to-people exchanges.

Vietnam will facilitate the import of Poland’s strong products such as machinery and ships into its market, Chinh assured Duda.

He proposed that the two sides soon sign a preferential loan agreement for a project to build six offshore search and rescue ships for Vietnam, and to support Vietnam in training human resources in shipbuilding.

Chinh expected that Poland would continue to create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Poland to stabilize their lives, integrate well into their host country, and actively contribute to the socio-economic development of Poland, as well as to the good traditional friendship between Vietnam and Poland.

Duda for his part expressed his impression of Vietnam’s socio-economic development achievements, and emphasized that Vietnam is currently Poland’s largest partner in Southeast Asia.

He hoped that Vietnam would support Polish businesses in exporting their products to the country, while strengthening cooperation in new fields such as renewable energy and tourism.

At the meeting, the Polish President also praised Vietnamese expatriates for their active and practical contributions to their local community.