President Radev: Vietnam is a trusted and important partner in Southeast Asia

Vietnam is a trusted and important partner in Southeast Asia with which we have a relationship of sincere friendship and mutual respect that has a rich history spanning more than seven decades, Bulgaria’s President Rumen Radev said at the beginning of his meeting at Dondukov 2 with the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vuong Dinh Hue on September 25. He is visiting Bulgaria at the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly Rosen Zhelyazkov.

We are proud that from the 1960s to the 1980s nearly 30,000 Vietnamese citizens received education in higher education institutions or professional qualifications in Bulgaria, and they contributed to the building of modern Vietnam, the Head of State said. According to him, this is a very good basis on which to build a genuine and effective strategic partnership in various areas of mutual interest.

The visit is an important step in strengthening the traditionally friendly relations between Bulgaria and Vietnam in the direction of building a strategic partnership by strengthening dialogue at a high political level, Radev said.

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We are particularly impressed by the high economic growth you have maintained for years, the President said. Enhanced political dialogue in recent years is an important prerequisite for intensifying bilateral economic relations in a number of areas such as energy, industry, high-tech agriculture, tourism, medicine, pharmaceuticals, information technology, Radev said.

Source: BTA

Five documents on cooperation between Bulgaria and Vietnam were signed in Parliament