Politburo member, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation successfully concluded their official visit to Poland and the Czech Republic, to attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) and to hold bilateral meetings in Switzerland from January 15 to 23, 2025.
During the working trip, the Prime Minister had a busy, rich and diverse schedule of activities. All three countries gave the Prime Minister, his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation a warm, friendly and sincere welcome.
The Prime Minister had talks, meetings, and exchanges with most of the senior leaders of the State, Government, and Parliament of Poland and the Czech Republic, and held talks with the President of Switzerland.
The outstanding result is that all three countries wish and agree to upgrade and aim to upgrade their relations with Vietnam. In particular, Vietnam - Poland promote to upgrade the relationship to Strategic Partnership; Vietnam - Czech upgrade the relationship to Strategic Partnership; Vietnam - Switzerland upgrade the relationship to Comprehensive Partnership.
The Prime Minister and leaders of the countries agreed on measures to create new momentum for cooperation in traditional areas such as trade, investment, tourism, education - training, defense - security, culture, tourism, labor... while expanding cooperation to new areas, such as digital transformation, green transformation, information technology and communications, cyber security, pharmaceuticals, automobile industry, aviation and railway connectivity...
In particular, with Poland and the Czech Republic, Vietnam and each country are determined to soon increase trade turnover to 5 billion USD/year, instead of about 2 billion USD as at present.
The Prime Minister also had meetings with leaders of a number of organizations, political parties, and friendship associations; and visited a number of cultural, scientific and technical establishments in various countries.
The Prime Minister chaired forums, dialogues and worked with leading businesses of the countries to call for investment and promote trade between Vietnam and the countries. During the Prime Minister's visit, Vietnam and the three countries signed eight cooperation agreements on diplomacy, labor, aviation, education, sports and culture.
In particular, in Poland and the Czech Republic, the Prime Minister spent time visiting economic establishments owned by Vietnamese people; had meetings with officials, staff of the Embassy and the Vietnamese community there.
During his participation in the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum, in just over 30 hours in Davos, the Prime Minister attended and spoke at 4 discussion sessions of the conference, including 3 sessions specifically designed by WEF for Vietnam, especially the dialogue sessions.
The Prime Minister also had meetings with nearly 20 leaders of countries and international organizations; and leaders of ministries, sectors and localities exchanged and had dialogues with nearly 250 leading corporations at 5 seminars on the occasion of the conference.
Attending the 55th Annual Meeting of the WEF, the Prime Minister and the Vietnamese delegation conveyed a strong message of sincerity, cooperation, solidarity and responsibility to the international community; at the same time, with trust, dynamism, creativity and rich potential, Vietnam is ready and eager to promote effective cooperation with partners.
The Prime Minister's working trip to Poland, the Czech Republic and Switzerland ended successfully; continuing to effectively implement and affirm Vietnam's foreign policy; contributing to deepening Vietnam's relations with partners; further enhancing Vietnam's position, role and responsible contribution; conveying the message of determination, aspiration and attracting international resources to develop the country in the new era.
