As part of his official visit to Bulgaria, on the afternoon of September 24 (local time), President of the National Assembly (NA), Vuong Dinh Huê, received in the capital Sofia the President of the Bulgaria – Vietnam Friendship Association, Simeon Dimchev.
Vuong Dinh Huê appreciated the active contributions of the people’s organizations of the two countries, notably the Vietnam-Bulgaria Friendship Association and the Bulgaria-Vietnam Friendship Association, in strengthening the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries over the 73 years. last years.
Chairman of the Bulgaria-Vietnam Friendship Association Simeon Dimchev said that his association was established in 1993. In recent times, this association has established cooperative ties between localities and Universities of Economics and architecture of two countries, the Vietnam National Music Academy and the Sofia National Music Academy to present the culture, country and people of Vietnam in Bulgaria.
The head of the Vietnamese legislature invited the friendship associations of the two countries, as well as the Vietnamese Embassy in Bulgaria, to promote more substantial exchanges between the two peoples.
In the afternoon of the same day, Vuong Dinh Huê met in Sofia with representatives of the Vietnamese community in Bulgaria and the Vietnamese ambassador to Bulgaria, as well as those stationed in Czechia, Romania, Slovakia, Greece and Turkey.
The Vietnamese leader expressed his joy that Slovakia recently became the second country (after the Czech Republic) to recognize the Vietnamese community as an ethnic minority community. This recognition illustrates the growth of the community, creating conditions for Vietnamese people to integrate deeply into the resident society and contribute to the development of cooperative and friendly relations between Vietnam and countries in the region, he said. -He underlines.
He asked the ambassadors to value their role in improving Vietnam’s position on the international stage and to make the best use of foreign resources for the country’s development. He stressed the importance of improving the quality of forecasts and strategic studies in order to provide informed advice to Party and state leaders.
Vuong Dinh Huê particularly encouraged the ambassadors to actively work to obtain the ratification of the investment protection agreement with Vietnam by the parliaments of all European Union countries.
Finally, the President of the National Assembly pleaded in favor of greater mobilization of the Vietnamese diaspora in the service of national development.
This article is originally published on lecourrier.vn
