Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Thi Thu Hang and her Bulgarian counterpart Nikolay Pavlov discussed cooperation between the two countries and their foreign ministries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Sofia on September 30 during the former’s working visit to Bulgaria.

At the meeting, both officials updated each other on developments in their respective countries. Deputy Minister Le Thi Thu Hang congratulated Bulgaria on its recent achievements in development and European integration, its successful accession to the Schengen Zone, and its plan to join the Eurozone in early 2026.

In response, Deputy FM Nikolay Pavlov said Bulgaria is close to completing its European integration process, with accession to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) expected next year. He praised Vietnam’s socio-economic development, calling it a promising market for Bulgaria and the European Union.

He affirmed that Bulgaria always attaches importance to developing relations with Vietnam, a partner of paramount importance to Bulgaria in the region.

The two sides agreed that traditional friendship and all-around cooperation have grown steadily in recent years, with regular high-level exchanges between state and parliamentary channels, and close coordination and mutual support at multilateral forums, especially the United Nations and ASEAN-EU frameworks. They also organized various activities to mark the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations in 2025. Cooperation in trade and investment, education and training, science and technology, defence and security, culture, labor, tourism, and people-to-people exchanges has also seen positive development

Both sides underscored the need to closely coordinate preparations for upcoming high-level visits to strengthen political trust and augment cooperation in new areas such as high technology, innovation, workforce training in artificial intelligence and supercomputing, database connectivity, defence-security industry, automobile industry, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals as a contribution to elevating the bilateral ties to new heights.

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