Bulgaria Celebrated 140th Anniversary of the Establishment of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Service

Yesterday, Bulgaria celebrated 140th anniversary of the adoption of its first democratic Constitution and the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Bulgarian Diplomatic Service, reported vietnamnews.vn

Nearly half of that time Bulgaria and Việt Nam have maintained healthy and vibrant diplomatic relations. Bulgaria was one of the first 10 countries to establish diplomatic ties with Việt Nam, ties that remain rooted in goodwill, mutual respect and trust.

Our almost 70 decades of rich history has been carefully cultivated. Nowadays, Bulgaria and Việt Nam sustain dialogue in all fields of co-operation. The exchange at the highest political level most recently peaked with the visits to Bulgaria of the Vice President of Việt Nam (2014), the visits to Việt Nam of the President (2013), the Vice President (2015) and the Prime Minister of Bulgaria (2014); and the reciprocal visit of the Prime Minister of Việt Nam to Bulgaria (2015).

Only in 2018 Bulgaria and Việt Nam exchanged a number of important visits: of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Việt Nam Phạm Bình Minh to Bulgaria in July; of the Minister of Economy of Bulgaria and an accompanying business delegation to Việt Nam in September; of the Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs of Việt Nam Đào Ngọc Dũng to Bulgaria in November.

Our national assemblies collaborate closely through reciprocal groups of friendship and in April last year, Bulgaria was happy to host a parliamentary delegation from Việt Nam, led by the Vice Chairman of the National Assembly of Việt Nam Uông Chu Lưu.

On expert level, economic co-operation has been unfolding through biannual meetings of the Joint Economic Commission and ties between the local authorities...