Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh welcomes Hungarian President Sulyok Tamas

The Government leader highlighted the significance of Tamas’s visit, noting that it holds special importance as the two countries are celebrating the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations (1950 – 2025), and Vietnam is marking its 80th National Day.

President Tamas expressed admiration for Vietnam’s remarkable achievements over nearly four decades of Doi Moi (renewal) and praised the country’s growing role globally.

The Hungarian leader affirmed that Vietnam remains one of Hungary’s most important partners in ASEAN, showing his support for PM Chinh’s proposal on key measures to deepen bilateral ties.

The two countries should enhance political trust through continued delegation exchanges, thereby boosting cooperation across fields; strengthen trade and investment cooperation, soon hold the meeting of the Joint Committee on Economic Cooperation, and strive to achieve a trade turnover of 2 billion USD.

They should intensify development cooperation, and effectively implement projects using preferential credit from the Hungarian Government for Vietnam.

Vietnam and Hungary will boost cooperation in education, particularly in nuclear energy, electricity, pharmaceuticals, tourism, and climate change, focus on collaboration in labour, cultural, tourism and people-to-people exchange, focusing on activities to celebrate the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries in 2025.

The Hungarian President affirmed that he will urge other European Union (EU) countries to soon ratify the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), and support and urge the European Commission (EC) to soon remove the "yellow card" against Vietnam's seafood exports.