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| Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc (R) receives Polish President Andrzej Duda in Hà Nội yesterday. — VNA/VNS Photo Thống Nhất |
HÀ NỘI — Visiting Polish President Andrzej Duda affirmed that the Vietnamese community in Poland plays a significant role in maintaining and developing relations between the two countries.
He made the affirmation while meeting Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hà Nội yesterday, noting he was particularly interested in promoting the economic partnership with Việt Nam, including in tourism.
Poland wants to increase the number of its tourists visiting Việt Nam and promote balanced trade with the Southeast Asian country, he added.
He hoped the Vietnamese Government would actively support Polish businesses to invest here.
Poland had chosen Việt Nam as one of the top five potential countries with which to promote co-operation, he said, adding that the Polish Government would urge the EU to sign and ratify the EVFTA as soon as possible.
For his part, Phúc urged the two countries to reinforce their co-operation mechanisms and seek more effective ones as well as resume the meeting of the joint committee on science co-operation to aid the development of the sector.
The Vietnamese Government welcomed Poland’s opening of its trade representative office in the southern economic hub of HCM City, he said.
He supported the two sides promoting cooperation in the fields of mining, shipbuilding, food processing and tourism as well as opening a direct air route between Hà Nội and HCM City and Warsaw.
The PM also applauded the signing of a co-operation agreement in education, in which Poland agreed to increase the number of scholarships for Vietnamese students.
He suggested the two countries enhance exchanges between students, especially in the field of Poland’s strength such as mining.
Phúc proposed that Poland urge the EU to sign and ratify the EU-Việt Nam free trade agreement to bring about mutual benefits for both sides.
He hoped the Polish President would create more favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live in Poland.
During the State visit to Việt Nam by President Andrzej Duda, his spouse Agata Kornhauser Duda visited Marie Curie high school the same day and attended a ceremony to celebrate the 150th birthday anniversary of Polish scholar Marie Curie.
She later visited the Temple of Literature in Hà Nội, which was included in the list of 23 national special relic sites. — VNS
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Source: the Embassy of Poland in Hà Nội
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