Vietnam always highly values and wishes to strengthen relations with traditional friends in the Central and Eastern Europe, with the Czech Republic being one of its top priority partners, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Concluding Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to the Czech Republic from January 18 to 20, leaders of the two countries issued a joint statement on the upgrade of bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, touched down at Zurich Airport on the night of January 20 (local time), commencing a working visit to Switzerland, during which the Government leader will attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and engage in bilateral activities.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with the Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) and Vietnamese experts in Prague on January 19 afternoon (local time) as part of his official visit to the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Katerina Konecna, chairwoman of the Communist Party of Bohemia-Moravia in Prague on January 18 (local time) as part of his ongoing visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of Prime Minister Petr Fiala.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Polish Senate Marshal Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska in Warsaw on January 17 as part of his official visit to Poland.

VOV.VN - The Polish Sejm (Lower House) will soon ratify the investment protection agreement between the European Union and Vietnam and lobby the European Commission to remove the yellow card against Vietnamese seafood exported into the bloc.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 17 delivered an important policy speech at University of Warsaw, as part of his ongoing visit to Poland, focusing on the rapidly changing global landscape, Vietnam’s development perspectives and orientations, and Vietnam - Poland relations.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, accompanied by his spouse and other Vietnamese officials, arrived at Frederic Chopin Airport in Warsaw on January 15 evening (local time), beginning an official visit to the Republic of Poland, at the invitation of Prime Minister Donald Tusk.

Vietnamese State President Luong Cuong hosted a reception in Hanoi on January 15 for Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin and a delegation of the Russian Government.