Vietnam always remembers the valuable sentiments and support of Romania.

Over the past 75 years, generations of Vietnamese and Romanian people have continuously built and nurtured a good traditional friendship, based on mutual understanding and trust, helping, supporting and sharing for mutual development.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính với đại diện các Hội đoàn và bạn bè hữu nghị Romania. (Nguồn: TTXVN)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with representatives of Romanian associations and friends. (Source: VNA)

During his official visit to Romania, on the afternoon of January 21 (local time), in Bucharest, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received delegates of the Romania-Vietnam Friendship Association and Romanian-Vietnam friendship associations and friends.

In recent times, Romanian associations and friends have actively coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy and the Vietnamese community to organize many meaningful activities such as commemorating major holidays of Vietnam and Romania, cultural and artistic activities, exhibitions, seminars, etc. and many important foreign affairs activities.

At the meeting, Romanian friends affirmed their deep and special affection for Vietnam and President Ho Chi Minh, including those who have visited Vietnam 16 times, even 50 times; affirmed that many Romanian people admire the just cause and heroism of Vietnam, the country that has defeated all invaders.

According to the delegates, many Vietnamese products are now widely known in Romania; they believe that Vietnam will continue to develop strongly and become a new “tiger” or “lion” in the economy of Asia, entering the group of the world’s top 20 economies, successfully modernizing but still preserving and promoting its identity and Romania can refer to Vietnam’s experiences.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính phát biểu. (Nguồn: VGP)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks. (Source: VGP)

Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his joy and emotion during his visit to the beautiful country of Romania, where he has many deeply attached memories, meeting representatives of Romanian associations and friends, close friends who have wholeheartedly and with pure friendship continuously fostered the solidarity and friendship between the two countries, the understanding, sharing and attachment between the two peoples.

According to the Prime Minister, over the past 75 years, generations of Vietnamese and Romanian people have continuously built and nurtured a good traditional friendship, based on mutual understanding and trust, helping, supporting and sharing for mutual development. Vietnam always remembers the sentiments and valuable support that Romania gave to Vietnam in the past struggle for independence and national reunification as well as in the current cause of national construction and development.

Romania has actively opposed the war of aggression in Vietnam; helped train more than 4,000 Vietnamese students and postgraduates. Recently, Romania was the first European Union (EU) member country to support Covid-19 vaccines for Vietnam; played an important role in the process of signing the Vietnam-EU Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA). Before the Covid-19 pandemic, thousands of workers, many Vietnamese students and postgraduates were present in Romania.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that the economic relationship between the two countries is still not commensurate with the good political relationship and high level of trust. High trust is a very important factor to promote the bilateral economic relationship to a new level, to be more in-depth, substantial and effective.

Both sides also wish to strengthen economic cooperation and the economies of the two countries have many complementary strengths. EVFTA and the Vietnam-EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) are also important factors, facilitating bilateral trade and investment cooperation. Therefore, it is important to promote the implementation of specific economic cooperation projects and proposals; overcome difficulties in geographical distance through digital transformation and e-commerce.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that the official visit of the Prime Minister and the Vietnamese high-ranking delegation to Romania this time aims to further strengthen the multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Romania, further tighten the traditional friendship between the two nations; further promote the foundation and achievements in the bilateral relationship over nearly 75 years, and at the same time add new momentum to the relationship between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh with representatives of Romanian associations and friends. (Source: VNA)

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that during the visit, he will hold talks with the Romanian Prime Minister and meet with Romanian leaders to discuss and propose measures to continue developing Vietnam-Romania relations. The Prime Minister thanked and hoped that Romanian friends would continue to motivate and inspire all Romanian people to contribute to promoting the bilateral relations to become more in-depth, practical, and effective, contributing to the sustainable development goals of the two countries.

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