Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh (R) meets Monsignor Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski, Undersecretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States, Hanoi, April 22, 2022. (Photo: VGP/ Nguyen Hoang)

Mr. Minh made the remark while receiving Monsignor Mirosław Stanisław Wachowski, Undersecretary for the Holy See’s Relations with States, who is on a visit to Vietnam to co-chair the 9th round meeting of the two sides’ joint working group.

Deputy PM Minh said mutual visits by senior leaders and meetings of the joint working group will help tighten bilateral links and meet common interests of both sides, as well as the interests of the Catholic community in Vietnam.

Undersecretary Wachowski affirmed that Pope Francis and the Holy See always hope bilateral relations will continue growing, thus creating conditions for Vietnam’s Catholic community to actively contribute to national development. He agreed on the measures for bolstering bilateral connections in the time ahead, especially increasing meetings and maintaining the existing consultation mechanisms.

The same day, Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc and Undersecretary Wachowski co-chaired the 9th round meeting of the joint working group.