Zafirov noted that the BSP, formerly the Bulgarian Communist Party, has a traditional friendship with the Communist Party of Viet Nam. He expressed his wish to promote Party-to-Party cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation, enhance high-level political dialogue, and exchange theories and policy-making experience. He stressed boosting youth cooperation, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, contributing to consolidating political trust between the two countries.
The BSP leader highly valued bilateral cooperation through the intergovernmental committee mechanism, proposing an expansion to the fields of economy, trade, investment, energy, science-technology, tourism, and labour. He also suggested making use of the Viet Nam–EU and Viet Nam–ASEAN cooperation frameworks and welcomed Viet Nam’s new visa exemption policy for Bulgarian citizens.
Earlier, the Vietnamese diplomat met with several BSP ministers in the Bulgarian Government, including Minister of Environment and Water Manol Genov, Minister of Youth and Sports Ivan Peshev, and Minister of Labour and Social Policy Borislav Gutsanov, reiterating Viet Nam’s commitment to promoting cooperation across all areas.
On the environment, Nguyet proposed establishing an official cooperation mechanism between the two countries’ ministries, with delegation exchanges, experience sharing, and technology transfer in wastewater treatment, waste management, pollution control, renewable energy development, biodiversity conservation, and resources management. She also called on Bulgaria to advocate for EU support for Viet Nam in the circular economy, green economy, marine and forest conservation.
On sports, she suggested cooperation in training, coaching, sports science research, and stronger collaboration between the two national olympic committees. She also proposed facilitating Vietnamese teams’ training in Bulgaria, along with expert exchanges and experience sharing on an annual basis to improve Viet Nam’s sports performance.
Manol Genov stressed the need to soon establish a cooperation mechanism between the two ministries and relevant agencies, ready for dialogue, knowledge and technology sharing, as well as expert and scholarship exchanges in Bulgaria’s areas of strength such as energy security, biodiversity, atmosphere, disaster prevention, and forest fire control. He also expressed Bulgaria’s interest in learning from Viet Nam’s experience in marine and ocean economy development, affirming that Viet Nam can count on Bulgaria’s support within the EU framework.
Ivan Peshev proposed delegation exchanges at all levels and training support for Vietnamese coaches and athletes in sports that Bulgaria has advantages.
