Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly Jakab István

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính hội kiến Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Hungary Jakab István- Ảnh 1.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính hội kiến Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Hungary Jakab István- Ảnh 2. — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly Jakab István - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

At the meeting, the Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly welcomed the official visit to Hungary by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, affirming that the visit is an important event, contributing to further strengthening the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

Vice President of the National Assembly Jakab István expressed his impression of the socio -economic achievements that Vietnam has made in recent times as well as its increasing role and position in the international arena; affirming that Vietnam is always a priority partner in Hungary's "Look East" policy.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính hội kiến Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Hungary Jakab István- Ảnh 3. — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh talks with Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly Jakab István - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the Hungarian National Assembly leaders and parliamentarians for their warm and sincere welcome to the delegation; highly appreciated Hungary’s consideration of Vietnam as a priority partner in Southeast Asia; and affirmed that Vietnam always attaches importance to and wishes to strengthen the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Hungary.

Announcing the results of the talks between the two Prime Ministers, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh asked the Hungarian National Assembly to support and assist the two governments in implementing important cooperation agreements reached during the visit in all areas of politics, economics-trade-investment, education-training, culture, science-technology, labor, etc.

The two sides expressed their delight at the positive developments in bilateral relations, especially in politics and diplomacy, across all Party, State and National Assembly channels. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highly appreciated the dynamic development in cooperation between the two National Assemblies in recent times with regular delegation exchanges between the National Assembly Leaders, Committees and the two Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups; welcomed the signing of a Cooperation Agreement between the two National Assemblies during the visit to Hungary by National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in June 2022. The two sides agreed to continue to increase delegation exchanges between the two National Assemblies; further promote the bridging role of the Friendship Parliamentarians' Groups of the two countries; and closely coordinate at inter-parliamentary forums.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính hội kiến Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Hungary Jakab István- Ảnh 4. — Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly Jakab István agreed to promote economic cooperation commensurate with the good traditional friendship between the two countries - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

Emphasizing the importance of economic-trade-investment cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Vice President of the Hungarian National Assembly Jakab István agreed to promote economic cooperation commensurate with the good traditional friendship between the two countries, through enhancing cooperation in traditional fields such as agriculture, pharmaceuticals, food processing, while enhancing cooperation in new potential fields such as green transformation, digital transformation, circular economy, innovation, etc.

Thủ tướng Phạm Minh Chính hội kiến Phó Chủ tịch Quốc hội Hungary Jakab István- Ảnh 5. — Prime Minister and his wife visit the Hungarian Parliament - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

On this occasion, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sincerely thanked the Hungarian National Assembly for being the first parliament in the EU to ratify the Vietnam-EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and asked the Hungarian National Assembly to urge the parliaments of the remaining EU countries to soon ratify this Agreement as well as support the EC to soon lift the IUU yellow card for Vietnamese seafood.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh thanked the Hungarian National Assembly and authorities at all levels for creating favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to integrate and settle down in Hungary. Vice President of the National Assembly Jakab István appreciated the Vietnamese community for being hard-working, diligent, and making positive contributions to the local socio-economy, and affirmed that he would continue to support the Vietnamese community to promote its role in the most effective way, continuing to be a bridge to develop the friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.