Vietnam News Agency reported that within the framework of his official visit to Poland, on the afternoon of January 16 (local time), at the Presidential Palace, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Polish President Andrzej Duda.
At the meeting, the two leaders expressed their delight at the positive developments in Vietnam-Poland relations in many areas, making the bilateral relationship deeper, more comprehensive and more inclusive. The two countries maintain delegation exchanges at all levels through all channels of the Party, State, Government, National Assembly and people-to-people diplomacy.
Economy and trade have become an important highlight in bilateral cooperation with two-way turnover from 2020 to present reaching over 2.5 billion USD, and in 2024 alone reaching over 3 billion USD, making Poland Vietnam's largest trading partner in the Central Eastern Europe region.
Cooperation in the fields of education - training, culture - tourism, agriculture, etc. continues to achieve many important advances. The Polish President highly appreciated Vietnam's decision to exempt visas for Polish citizens in 2025 and believed that this step will create momentum to promote tourism and people-to-people exchange between the two countries.
Discussing orientations and important measures to deepen and make bilateral relations more effective, the two leaders agreed to continue to increase contacts and exchanges of delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, to enhance political trust and mutual understanding, laying the foundation for soon elevating Vietnam-Poland relations to a strategic level.
In terms of economy and trade, the two sides agreed to continue to fully and effectively implement the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), creating favorable conditions for each other's goods to be more present in each other's markets; encourage Polish enterprises to increase investment in Vietnam in areas where Poland has strengths such as digital transformation, pharmaceuticals, food industry, manufacturing and processing industry, mineral exploitation and processing, etc. President Andrzej Duda affirmed his support for the early ratification of the Vietnam-EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).
President Andrzej Duda suggested that the two sides closely coordinate to implement the agreements reached during Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit, making the most of existing potential and space to further promote cooperation between the two countries in key areas, while focusing on promoting the tradition of cooperation in the fields of education - training, culture and people-to-people exchange between the two countries.
President Andrzej Duda highly appreciated the contributions of the Vietnamese community to Poland. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the Polish authorities at all levels for their support to the Vietnamese community in Poland in recent times and hoped that the community would soon be considered for recognition as an ethnic minority in Poland so that they could continue to integrate deeply into the host country, contributing more effectively to the socio-economic development of Poland as well as the good traditional friendship between the two countries.
During the discussion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Polish President Andrzej Duda agreed that the two countries will continue to closely coordinate and support each other at multilateral forums, especially at the United Nations, within the framework of ASEAN-EU cooperation to contribute to peace, cooperation and development in the region and the world.
On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully conveyed President Luong Cuong's invitation to President Andrzej Duda to soon visit Vietnam again.
