Prior to the launch, the Vietnamese Embassy encouraged businesses and restaurants throughout Germany to join in the event. By December 12, six partners had signed up via the We Love Pho organisation's website (welovepho.org), committing to promotional posts, website and social media shares, features in Vietnamese language media, and special discounts for pho customers during the event.
Party General Secretary To Lam's official visits to Finland from October 20 to 22, and to Bulgaria from October 22 to 24 were a great success, producing significant outcomes and opening a new chapter in Vietnam’s relation with the two countries, according to Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung.
Party General Secretary To Lam and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev adopted a Joint Statement on upgrading Vietnam–Bulgaria relations to a Strategic Partnership. Within this new framework, the two countries will deepen cooperation across all fields to ensure practical benefits for their people, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and prosperity in both regions and the world.
The Party chief stressed that the embassy is not only a representative agency of Vietnam abroad but also a common home for the Vietnamese community abroad, a reliable address, and a support for compatriots, where people place their trust, affection and enthusiasm for the homeland.
The two leaders agreed to enhance political trust, boost high-level mutual visits and meetings between the countries' Parties, States, Governments, and parliaments, and promote people-to-people exchanges.
The countries should keep strengthening coordination at regional and international inter-parliamentary forums such as the IPU, ASEP, and APF to contribute to regional and global peace, cooperation, and development, said the Vietnamese Party leader.
Both countries share confidence in the future, viewing the Vietnam – Bulgaria Strategic Partnership as a model of sincere, effective, and enduring international friendship in the 21st century, according to the Party leader.
As part of his official visit to Bulgaria, Vietnamese Party General Secretary To Lam and a high-level Vietnamese delegation on October 24 visited Samel-90 PLC, one of Bulgaria’s leading defence enterprises in the field of electronic and military communication equipment.
Ngo Phuong Ly, spouse of Party General Secretary To Lam, noted that Vietnam considers preschool education the foundation of human development, continuously improving facilities, teaching quality, and child-centred learning methods.
Vietnam and Bulgaria have issued a joint declaration on the establishment of a strategic partnership between the two countries, on the occasion of the official visit to the European country from October 22 to 24 by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam.
Party General Secretary To Lam expressed hope that, in the future, the Bulgarian museum and Vietnam’s national museums will engage in professional exchanges, joint research, and collaborative exhibitions. He said such initiatives would foster mutual understanding and strengthen the friendship between the two peoples and their Asian and European cultures.
The Party chief emphasised that Vietnam attaches special importance to relations with Bulgaria, always remembers and appreciates the valuable support of the Bulgarian people for Vietnam in the past struggle for national liberation, independence and national reunification, as well as in the current process of national construction and development.
General Secretary Lam said that building upon the positive development and great achievements of Vietnam – Bulgaria ties after 75 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations, and with confidence in a bright future for the relationship, the two sides adopted a joint statement on establishing the Vietnam – Bulgaria Strategic Partnership.
Party leader To Lam's visit to Bulgaria provides an opportunity for the high-ranking leaders of both countries to review the achievements in bilateral relations and to set out strategic orientations for the future, with the aim of elevating the traditional friendship to new heights.
Kadrinka Kadrinova said bilateral ties are built on effective cooperation and mutual trust, and nurtured by the warm and strong friendship — a precious asset shared by both peoples.
Party General Secretary To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation arrived in Sofia on October 22 (local time), beginning a three-day official visit to Bulgaria at the invitation of its President Rumen Radev.
Hang expressed her belief that with deep and sincere ties between the two nations, General Secretary Lam’s official visit to Bulgaria will open up promising new cooperation prospects that align with Vietnam’s strategic orientations in a new era, and are expected to yield positive outcomes for the benefit of both nations' people, contributing to peace, stability, cooperation, and development in each region and the world as well.
General Secretary Lam's official visit to Bulgaria this time demonstrates the strong political determination of the two countries in bringing their relations to a new level, for peace, prosperity and sustainable development of each country and of the two peoples.
The two officials emphasised the need for close coordination in preparing for upcoming high-level visits to reinforce political trust and expand cooperation in new fields such as high technology, innovation, human resource training in artificial intelligence and supercomputing, database connectivity, defence and security industry, automobile industry, telecommunications, and pharmaceuticals.
State President Luong Cuong had meetings with Bulgarian Prime Minister Rosen Zhelyazkov and Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa in New York on September 23 (local time) on the sidelines of the High-Level General Debate of the 80th Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA 80).
The host leader agreed with the Vietnamese diplomat’s proposals to enhance parliamentary cooperation, including promoting the activities of the parliamentary friendship groups and sharing legislative experience, considering them important drivers for bilateral ties.
According to the diplomat, Vietnam–Bulgaria ties have been growing, driven by collaboration in trade, education, culture and people-to-people exchanges.
Ambassador Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet recently held a working session with Atanas Zafirov, Chairman of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP) and Deputy Prime Minister of Bulgaria, affirming that Vietnam always attaches importance to strengthening and developing the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Bulgaria, especially through the Party-to-Party channel.
Bulgarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Georg Georgiev affirmed that Bulgaria always considers Vietnam a leading important partner in the Asia-Pacific region. With the foundation of traditional friendship and recent positive developments, the minister assessed that Vietnam and Bulgaria have all the necessary conditions to upgrade their relationship, in line with the long-term vision and political will of their high-ranking leaders.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Bulgaria Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet suggested establishing a defence policy dialogue mechanism and promoting academic and experience exchanges between military training institutions of the two countries.