On the evening of April 30, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, European Council President Antonio Costa held a phone call with General Secretary To Lam to congratulate Vietnam on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification (April 30, 1975 - April 30, 2025).
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, expressing his pleasure and honor to have a phone call with General Secretary To Lam on April 30 to congratulate the happy day of the Vietnamese people, President Antonio Costa warmly congratulated the General Secretary and assessed "this is an important historical event not only for Vietnam but also for the entire world's conscience".
General Secretary To Lam thanked the European Union (EU) and the President of the European Council personally for warmly congratulating Vietnam on the occasion of the anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification Day.
The General Secretary emphasized the great meaning of the great victory in the spring of 1975, the brilliant landmark in the history of the country's construction and defense of the Vietnamese nation, affirming that this is a particularly important event that opens a new era in the history of the Vietnamese nation - Building a peaceful, unified, independent, rich, strong, not only the achievement of the people's unity, the people's desire to be independent, the people's desire to be independent, the people's desire It also has a profound meaning of the strength of aspirations and international support for peace and national independence. Vietnam respect and thank the valuable support of the international community, including EU member countries.
The General Secretary affirmed that after 35 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam and the EU as well as the relationship between the two sides are facing a new stage of development.
The General Secretary suggested that the two sides actively discuss and coordinate to find common solutions to remove difficulties and obstacles to develop economic cooperation strongly in the coming time.
The Chairman of the European Council affirmed that the two sides were "important, reliable and stable partners"; happy to notice, the relationship between the two sides developed dynamic and strong in all fields; Affirming "Vietnam is an EU pillar partner in Southeast Asia and the Vietnam -EU relationship deserves to be raised to a new level"; "The EU is proud to be part of Vietnam's free trade agreements, looking forward to Vietnam -EU relations as a cooperative model for EU cooperation with other countries."
The President of the European Council affirmed that in the context of complex geopolitical and economic fluctuations in the world, the EU wishes to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam to promote free trade, respond to global challenges, including climate change; the two sides need to strengthen cooperation in the fields of transportation, infrastructure connection, green transformation, digital transformation, innovation, etc.
The Chairman of the European Council agreed and affirmed that it would coordinate to promote priorities in bilateral relations stated by the General Secretary, including the exchange of high -level delegations; effectively implement cooperation mechanisms to remove difficulties and obstacles and propose new cooperation initiatives; Effectively implement the Vietnam -EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA), promote the remaining EU member countries to soon complete the approval of Vietnam -EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA); support Vietnam to effectively deploy a partner of fair energy conversion (JETP) to achieve the goal of bringing net emissions to 0 in 2050; Proposing the European Commission (EC) to consider removing the IUU yellow card for Vietnam's export seafood.
The President of the European Council agreed with the General Secretary's sharing that Vietnam is a nation that is greatly peace-loving, ready to act as a bridge for peace, reconciliation and actively and responsibly participate in solving regional and global issues.
