General Secretary To Lam and his wife successfully concluded their official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria.

On the morning of October 25, the plane carrying General Secretary To Lam and his wife and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived at Noi Bai International Airport (Hanoi), successfully concluding the official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria from October 22-24, 2025, at the invitation of President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev.

Farewell ceremony for General Secretary To Lam and his wife at Sofia International Airport. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

Seeing off General Secretary To Lam and his wife along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation at Sofia International Airport, Sofia (Bulgaria), on the Bulgarian side were: Mr. Atanas Zafirov, Chairman of the Socialist Party, Deputy Prime Minister; Mr. Roussi Ivanov, Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the Presidential Palace; Mr. Mircho Ivanov, Director of the Protocol Department, Presidential Palace. On the Vietnamese side were: Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Bulgaria; a large number of officials and staff of the Vietnamese Embassy in Bulgaria and the Vietnamese community in Bulgaria.

During the visit, General Secretary To Lam held talks with the President of the Republic of Bulgaria; met with the press; met with the Prime Minister of Bulgaria and Chairman of the National Assembly of Bulgaria; received the Chairman of the Socialist Party of Bulgaria; attended the Bulgaria-Vietnam Business Forum; witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents between the two countries; visited Sofia University; visited the Bulgarian National History Museum...

Based on the outstanding achievements of bilateral relations in all fields over the past 75 years, with open cooperation potential and firm belief in the bright future of bilateral relations, in order to meet the aspirations of the people of the two countries, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam To Lam and President of the Republic of Bulgaria Rumen Radev agreed to adopt a Joint Statement on upgrading Vietnam - Bulgaria relations to "Strategic Partnership".

Within the framework of the Strategic Partnership, Vietnam and Bulgaria will continue to deepen cooperation in various fields to ensure the practical interests of the two peoples, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity in both regions and the world.

General Secretary To Lam and his wife leave the capital Sofia, successfully concluding their official visit to the Republic of Bulgaria. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

During the meetings, the two sides agreed to strengthen political dialogue and delegation exchanges at all levels, especially at the high level, and to study and establish new cooperation mechanisms between ministries, branches and localities of the two sides; and agreed to increase contacts on all channels between the Party, State, Government, National Assembly, central and local agencies of Vietnam and central and local agencies of Bulgaria to strengthen political cooperation and mutual understanding.

The two sides expressed their willingness to promote the exchange of delegations at all levels to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the fields of defense and security, promote cooperation in training and defense industry; agreed to promote economic and trade cooperation, identifying this as one of the central pillars and main driving force for the Vietnam - Bulgaria relationship to shift from "traditional" to "strategic - substantive - effective".

Besides, the two sides promote substantive cooperation in the fields of science and technology, education and training, agriculture, culture, tourism, sports, labor, environment and health, and strengthen regional and international cooperation.

General Secretary To Lam and his wife at Sofia International Airport. Photo: Thong Nhat/VNA

The two sides are willing to create favorable conditions for people's organizations and friendship associations of the two countries to regularly exchange and cooperate on major events of the two sides; sign new cooperation documents to further strengthen the relationship between the two countries; create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community in Bulgaria and Bulgarian citizens living in Vietnam, helping them continue to make positive contributions to the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation between the two countries.

The official visit of General Secretary To Lam and his wife along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to the Republic of Bulgaria is of great significance, providing an opportunity for the two countries' senior leaders to review the achievements in developing the relationship, thereby having strategic orientations, bringing the long-standing traditional friendship between Vietnam and Bulgaria to a new height.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/tong-bi-thu-to-lam-va-phu-nhan-ket-thuc-tot-dep-chuyen-tham-chinh-thuc-cong-hoa-bulgaria-20251025083820634.htm