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PM nguyen Tan Dung and his Bulgarian counterpart Plamen Oresharski inspect the Guard of Honor, Ha Noi, April 7, 2014 - Photo: VGP
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PM Nguyen Tan Dung on April 7 hosted a welcome ceremony for Bulgarian PM Plamen Oreshaski and his spouse.
The working visit of the Bulgarian PM is expected to raise the two nations’ relationship to a higher level in the fields of economics, education and training, tourism, national defense and security.
Bulgarian is one of the first 10 nations in the world establishing diplomatic relations with Viet Nam on February 8, 1950.
Two-way trade turnover in 2012 reached US$59 million.
Viet Nam mainly exports garment, leather, coffee, pepper corn, tobacco and seafood and imports chemical substances, medicine, wine, machinery and foodstuff from Bulgaria.
Bulgaria is investing in seven projects in Viet Nam which are operatingwith a total registered capital of over US$30 million.
PM Dung thanked Bulgaria for its assistance to Viet Nam in the national establishment and development.
The two leaders evaluated the bilateral relations and discussed issues of international and regional concerns, especially specific measures to promote bilateral and multi-lateral relations in the future in the framework of Viet Nam-EU cooperation.
At a press conference following the talks with the Bulgarian PM, PM Dung said the two sides need to maintain delegation exchanges and increase two-way trade value as well as create favorable for the two countries’ businesses to invest in advantageous areas.
The host and the guest discussed areas in the framework of a new economic cooperation model, which was approved six months ago, and affirmed to upgrade the relations to strategic partnership in the future.
PM Plamen Oreshaski invited PM Dung to pay an official visit to Bulgaria and he accepted.
The two leaders witnessed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on agricultural, breeding and seafood between the Vietnamese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Bulgarian Ministry of Agriculture and Food and the Viet Nam-Bulgarian Culture and Tourism cooperation program in the phase from 2014-2016.
By Thuy Dung
