President Luong Cuong presides over welcoming ceremony for Bulgarian President's visit to Vietnam

(Dan Tri) - On the morning of November 24, at the Presidential Palace,President Luong Cuong chaired the welcoming ceremony for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his wife Desislava Radeva on an official visit to Vietnam.

This morning, the welcoming ceremony for Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his wife Desislava Radeva on their official visit to Vietnam was solemnly held at the Presidential Palace, Hanoi Capital.

The two leaders waved to school children waving flags to welcome President Rumen Radev and his wife and the high-ranking delegation of Bulgaria.

President Luong Cuong and President Rumen Radev on the podium of honor attending the flag-raising ceremony of Bulgaria and Vietnam.

This is the first visit in 11 years by the President of Bulgaria and also the first visit to Vietnam by Mr. Rumen Radev as President.

President Luong Cuong invited Bulgarian President Rumen Radev to review the guard of honour of the Vietnam People's Army. The visit took place in the context of positive development of Vietnam - Bulgaria relations in most areas.

The Vietnam People's Army Honor Guard marched through the grandstand to welcome Bulgarian President Rumen Radev and his wife on their official visit to Vietnam.

President Luong Cuong and President Rumen Radev and their two wives took a photo together before entering the talks.

In terms of politics and diplomacy, Bulgaria was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic relations with Vietnam in 1950. In recent times, the two sides have regularly exchanged delegations at all levels, especially high-level ones, and closely coordinated and supported each other at multilateral forums.

Regarding economic and trade cooperation, the two countries have also made progress. In the 2021-2023 period, trade between the two countries was 200 million USD/year, nearly double that of the 2019-2020 period.

There is a traditional and extremely important area of ​​cooperation between the two countries, which is cooperationin education and training. Previously, Bulgaria has trained many scientists and highly skilled technical workers for Vietnam, with 3,600 scientists and about 30,000 highly skilled technical workers.

Labor cooperation between the two countries is also a potential area. Local cooperation is also maintained and promoted with the establishment of many pairs of cooperative relationships between Vietnamese and Bulgarian localities.

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