Vietnam and Poland issued a joint statement on advancing towards an upgrade of bilateral relations at the end of the official visit to Poland by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh from Thursday to Saturday.

During his visit to Poland, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with the Poland-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, the largest such group in the Polish parliament, to discuss enhancing bilateral relations.

Bilateral trade between Vietnam and Poland reached over $2.5 billion per year in the 2021–2023 period. As of the end of last November, the trade turnover had climbed to $3.15 billion.

Marshal of the Polish Senate, Malgorzata Kidawa-Blonska, affirmed the legislature’s support for ratifying the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), aimed at enhancing economic cooperation between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted the goal of lifting Vietnam-Poland relations to a strategic partnership for peace and development in Southeast Asia and Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) in his policy address at the University of Warsaw on January 17 during the leader’s his official visit to Poland.

VOV.VN - Poland considers Vietnam to be its most important partner in Southeast Asia, and it wants to develop cooperative relations with Vietnam in all areas, President Andrzej Duda told visiting Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh during a meeting in Warsaw on January 16.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged businesses of Vietnam and Poland to strengthen their partnerships to leverage full potential of the two countries’ development cooperation, while addressing a joint business forum in Warsaw on January 17.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk have agreed to consider elevating their bilateral relationship to a strategic partnership and strive to increase two-way trade to US$5 billion in the near future.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working visit to Poland’s National Research Institute on cybersecurity (NASK) – the leading center for research, application and development of the Internet, digital transformation,

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chinh left Warsaw on January 18 noon for Prague to begin an official visit to the Czech Republic at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.

The head of the Vietnamese government, who arrived in Poland for the first official visit in 15 years, announced the removal of short-term visa requirements for Polish tourists.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a delegation from the Poland-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group in Warsaw on January 17 (local time), affirming that his visit aims to create a turning point in bilateral traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation across various areas.