Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan holds talks with Georgian Prime Minister

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze welcomed Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan and the Vietnamese delegation on their official visit to Georgia, expressing confidence that the visit will give added impetus to the traditional friendship between Vietnam and Georgia across all fields.

Congratulating Vietnam on its recent socio-economic achievements, the Georgian leader noted that Georgia's GDP grew over 9% in 2025. He stressed that Georgia attaches great importance to ties with Vietnam, highlighting shared similarities and complementary strengths. Given its strategic position bridging Asia and Europe, Georgia prioritizes its role as a transit hub and is investing heavily in rail and maritime infrastructure. He expressed hope for stronger connectivity between the two nations, noting that bilateral trade has expanded sixfold over the past five years. He added that his government remains committed to creating a favorable investment climate to attract more Vietnamese enterprises.

Congratulating Vietnam on its socio-economic achievements in recent years, the Georgian PM noted that Georgia's GDP also grew by over 9% in 2025; emphasized that Georgia highly values its relations with Vietnam, with the two nations sharing many similarities and complementary strengths. The host leader  highlighted that Georgia’s unique geographical position bridging Eurasia makes it prioritize its role as a transit and connectivity hub, with major investments in rail and maritime infrastructure, while wishing to strengthen connectivity with Vietnam.Bilateral trade has expanded sixfold over the past five years; and affirmed that the Georgian Government consistently strives to create a healthy and attractive investment climate to draw more Vietnamese businesses, he told his guest.

Irakli Kobakhidze noted strong growth in tourism cooperation, with Vietnamese visitors to Georgia rising 41% in the first half of 2026 alone, expressing hope that the two countries will soon launch direct air routes to help expand bilateral ties and make Georgia an increasingly popular destination for Vietnamese travelers. He added that Georgia boasts prestigious, long-standing universities that have previously educated Vietnamese students, offering huge potential for future cooperation.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan thanked the Government and people of Georgia for their warm and solemn reception, and affirmed that Vietnam values its traditional friendship with Georgia and wishes to work together to deepen bilateral relations in a practical and effective manner.

Congratulating Georgia on its recent achievements, she  proposed that both sides promote bilateral exchange mechanisms and contact, step up delegation exchanges across all levels and channels, coordinate to review and refine legal frameworks, thus creating favorable conditions for cooperation in areas of mutual strength and demand.

She asked Georgia to facilitate broader access for Vietnamese goods to its market, encouraged businesses from both nations to explore opportunities in complementary fields, called for stronger cooperation in high-potential sectors like tourism, culture, education, and training, particularly areas where Vietnam has extensive experience, such as agriculture, agricultural processing, infrastructure development, and innovation. She also urged enhanced aviation connectivity as well as greater facilitation for people-to-people, cultural, and culinary exchanges to heighten mutual contact and understanding between the two nations’ people.

Both sides agreed that Vietnam-Georgia relations have numerous new development opportunities that should be advanced toward practical and effective outcomes in line with each country’s interests and potential. They consented to maintain coordination and mutual support at multilateral organizations and forums, particularly the United Nations and regional cooperation mechanisms, and to step up cooperation in defence and security, especially in tackling non-traditional security challenges.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan affirmed Vietnam's readiness to serve as a bridge promoting cooperation between Georgia, Vietnam, and ASEAN member states. She welcomed Georgia's efforts to strengthen ties with ASEAN and Southeast Asian nations, while calling for joint efforts to enhance  connectivity between the two economies, leverage mutual advantages to expand markets, connect businesses, and accelerate inter-regional cooperation projects. In response, PM Irakli Kobakhidze expressed his desire for comprehensive ties with Vietnam and ASEAN, affirming Georgia's willingness to help bridge Vietnam with Central Asia, the Caucasus, and Europe.

Welcoming the signing of bilateral cooperation documents during the visit, host and guest affirmed these concrete steps create a favorable framework to expand ties.

On this occasion, Vietnam's Ministry of Foreign Affairs signed a cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with its Georgian counterpart. Vietnam's Ministry of Agriculture and Environment also inked an agricultural MoU with Georgia's Ministry of Environmental Protection and Agriculture.

Both leaders agreed to direct relevant ministries to expedite negotiations on key agreements, including investment promotion and protection, avoidance of double taxation, and visa exemptions for diplomatic and official passport holders to strengthen trade, investment, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges.

Vice President Vo Thi Anh Xuan urged both sides to closely coordinate meaningful activities to celebrate the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties in 2027, inviting Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze to visit Vietnam on the occasion. The Georgian PM expressed his thanks and wished to visit Vietnam soon to continue discussing directions and measures to promote multifaceted relations between the two countries.

The Vice President is scheduled to meet with the President and the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, alongside other official activities on October 13.

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