The Vietnamese National Assembly supports strongly promoting inter-parliamentary cooperation with the Polish Parliament
The National Assembly Chairwoman proposed to strengthen delegation exchanges and share experiences to cooperate with parliaments to closely follow the development needs of Vietnam and Poland.
On October 26, at the National Assembly House, Politburo Member, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man met with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk who is on an official visit to Vietnam from October 24-26.
At the meeting, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man affirmed that the Vietnamese National Assembly supports strongly promoting inter-parliamentary cooperation with the Polish Parliament, promoting the role of legislative bodies in creating a favorable legal corridor and monitoring the implementation of agreements and commitments, and effectively implementing cooperation fields between the two countries.
On the basis of the Strategic Partnership framework just established, National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man proposed that the two sides focus on implementing the Action Plan for the period 2026 - 2030 with specific goals. Maintaining the effectiveness of high-level exchange mechanisms and bilateral agreements will be a key foundation to ensure the sustainable and long-term development of the two countries' relations.
The two sides need to promote economic cooperation based on the linkage of supply chains and investment; focus on promoting investment in areas where Poland has strengths and is suitable for Vietnam's development needs. The goal of raising bilateral trade turnover to 6 billion USD needs to be achieved through building mechanisms to support businesses, creating a safe and transparent investment environment, in order to make Vietnam an important link in the regional and global supply chain; at the same time, Vietnam is ready to become a strategic gateway, helping Polish businesses access the ASEAN market more conveniently and effectively.
The two countries need to focus on breakthrough areas such as high technology, renewable energy, biotechnology and digital transformation. Strengthening cooperation in transport infrastructure, logistics and marine economy will create an important material foundation, promoting connectivity between the two countries and between Vietnam and the ASEAN region.
In the field of science, technology and innovation, the National Assembly Chairwoman proposed to strengthen support to improve the capacity of Vietnamese enterprises, technology transfer and cooperation in pharmaceuticals, digital transformation, high-quality agriculture; strengthen cooperation in developing transport infrastructure, logistics and marine economy.
To closely follow the development needs of the two countries in parliamentary cooperation, the National Assembly Chairwoman proposed to strengthen delegation exchanges between leaders of the two legislative bodies, specialized committees, friendship parliamentary groups, female parliamentarians and young parliamentarians; share experiences in building a rule-of-law state.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk expressed his desire to strengthen cooperation with Vietnam on culture, education - training, security, defense, space cooperation; connect businesses with vocational training institutions to develop human resources to meet practical needs.
The Polish Prime Minister supported strengthening cooperation between the two parliaments, thereby promoting experience exchange and supporting the implementation of joint projects; agreed to promote the role of parliamentary cooperation in promoting the implementation of high-level agreements, linking legislative experience exchange with implementation supervision, bringing cooperation orientations into specific results, bringing practical benefits to people and businesses.
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