They were welcomed at the airport by NA Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai, Head ofthe NA Committee for External Relations Vu Hai Ha, and Deputy Head of the NACommittee for Legal Affairs Ngo Trung Thanh, Bulgarian Ambassador to Vietnam PavlinTodorov, and Vietnamese Ambassador to Bulgaria Do Hoang Long.
This is the first visit by a high-ranking Bulgarian leader to Vietnam over adecade, following Bulgarian President Rosen Plevneliev's visit in October 2013.Particularly, it is a reciprocal visit following the official Bulgaria visit byChairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue in September lastyear.
The Vietnam visit will contribute to strengthening and nurturing the alreadyrobust political relations between the two countries through the Party, State,Government and people-to-people channels. It will present an opportunity forboth sides to engage in discussions on global and regional issues of shared concern,intensify substantial and effective bilateral ties, particularly in areas oftheir strengths such as trade-investment, education, health care, culture,tourism, labour, and locality-to-locality cooperation./.