Celebrations to mark 60th anniversary of establishing Polish-Vietnamese diplomatic ties

Celebrations commemorating the 60th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Poland and Vietnam were held on February 5th 2010 in Warsaw.

The celebrations were hosted by MFA Secretary of State Jan Borkowski and attended by Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to Poland Nguyen Van Xuong, President’s Under-Secretary of State Mariusz Handzlik, Defence Ministry Under-Secretary of State Marcin Idzik and other representatives of Ministries, diplomatic corps, business and the cultural world.

The celebrations were also attended by many representatives of the Vietnamese community in Poland, including Chairman of the Solidarity and Friendship Association Lê Thiết Hùng, President of the Vietnamese Business Association Hoàng Mạnh Huê and Editor-in-chief of the Vietnamese Que Viet Daily Lê Xuân Lâm. The opening address was delivered by Secretary of State Jan Borkowski followed by Ambassador Nguyen Van Xuong.

Thanks to its potential Vietnam is one of Poland’s crucial partners in South-East Asia. The tradition of the two countries’ bilateral cooperation is one of long standing and trust. Poland attaches great importance to developing economic cooperation with Vietnam as well as to maintaining good political contacts. The past decade saw visits at head-of-state and head-of-government levels (President Aleksander Kwaśniewski’s 1999 visit to Vietman and President Tran Duc Luong’s 2003 visit to Poland, and Prime Minister Marek Belka 2005 visit to Vietnam and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung’s 2007 visit to Poland).

Piotr Paszkowski
Press Spokesman