Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong Receives and Works with High-Level Polish Delegation

On the afternoon of October 27, at the Phu Tho Provincial Party Committee Office, Comrade Pham Dai Duong — Member of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, and Head of the Provincial National Assembly Delegation — received and worked with a high-level Polish delegation led by Mr. Marcin Kulasek — Minister of Science and Higher Education of Poland and General Secretary of the New Left Party — visiting, working, and promoting cooperation in the province.

Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong and Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Marcin Kulasek at the working session.

Attending the reception and working session, from Phu Tho province were Comrade Major General Nguyen Minh Tuan — Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Director of the Provincial Police Department; Comrade Nguyen Khac Hieu — Member of the Provincial Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee; alongside leaders of relevant departments, sectors, agencies, and units.

From the high-level Polish delegation were Ladies and Gentlemen: Marcin Iskra — Director General of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education; Grzegorz Bernard Napieralski — Member of the Sejm (Lower House), Chairman of the Poland–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence; Joanna Skoczek — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Poland to Vietnam; alongside representatives of Polish enterprises across pharmaceutical, information technology, and education sectors.

Co-attending the working session was Comrade Ha Hoang Hai — Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Vietnam to Poland.

Delegates attending the reception and working session.

Speaking at the reception, Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong expressed great joy and enthusiasm in welcoming Mr. Marcin Kulasek and members of the high-level Polish delegation.

He emphasized: The traditional friendly relations and multifaceted cooperation between Vietnam and Poland over more than 70 years have been continuously consolidated and comprehensively developed.

The delegation’s visit carries important strategic significance, taking place immediately after the delegation accompanied the Prime Minister of Poland on an official visit to Vietnam; thereby contributing to concretizing and elevating cooperative relations between Vietnamese localities, including Phu Tho province, and Polish partners.

Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong speaking at the reception and working session with the high-level Polish delegation.

Reviewing the history of cooperation, the Provincial Party Secretary affirmed: Vietnam and Poland have established tight cooperative ties, where multiple generations of international students and Vietnamese individuals who previously studied and worked in Poland have returned home and are actively contributing to the country’s development. The delegation’s visit and working session will open up new cooperative spaces, bringing bilateral relations into depth and higher efficiency.

Briefing the delegation on the province’s position, Comrade Pham Dai Duong clarified: As a locality situated within the Capital Region adjacent to Hanoi with an economic scale ranking 6th nationwide, Phu Tho attaches special importance to stepping up bilateral cooperation with Polish partners as well as expanding multilateral links with the European region.

The province proactively stays close to the contents of the Joint Statement between the Prime Ministers of both countries to catch up with development trends, transforming diplomatic commitments into concrete local actions.

Particularly, identifying the driver for new-period economic growth to rest upon science–technology and innovation foundations, Phu Tho is concentrating on perfecting institutions and developing high-quality human resources. Therefore, cooperative agreements recently signed by the Polish Ministry of Science and Higher Education with Vietnamese ministries and sectors serve as an important premise for the province to deploy practical cooperative programs moving forward.

The Provincial Party Secretary also expressed sincere gratitude for the thoughtful and warm reception extended by the Parliament and Government of Poland, MP Grzegorz Bernard Napieralski personally, the Poland–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, Ambassador Ha Hoang Hai, and Ambassador Joanna Skoczek to Phu Tho province’s inter-agency working delegation during their recent study and experience-sharing trip on digital transformation in Poland.

Valuable lessons regarding modern governance and digitalization from Poland are being researched and flexibly applied to local practical conditions by Phu Tho.

Introducing the province’s potentials and strengths, the Provincial Party Secretary affirmed: Phu Tho possesses a strategic location, synchronously connected transport infrastructure, abundant human resources, and an open investment and business environment.

The province is prioritizing investment attraction into high-tech industries, information technology, pharmaceuticals, high-tech agriculture, and high-quality education and training.

Preparing to welcome new investment waves, the province is planning large-scale, modern industrial parks alongside satellite industrial cluster systems—ready to supply clean land funds fulfilling diverse supporting supply chains and multimodal logistics.

He expressed hope that Minister Marcin Kulasek and the Polish Embassy will serve as active bridges promoting Polish enterprises and organizations to explore and invest in Phu Tho.

Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Marcin Kulasek exchanging views at the working session.

Expressing sincere thanks for the warm reception by provincial leadership, Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Marcin Kulasek expressed deep impression at Phu Tho’s dynamic development.

Affirming that Poland always considers Vietnam a premier important partner in Southeast Asia, Minister Marcin Kulasek emphasized: The official visit to Vietnam by the Prime Minister of Poland with numerous signed cooperative documents elevated bilateral relations to new heights. The delegation selecting Phu Tho as its next destination aims to conduct field surveys and seek concrete cooperative opportunities.

Overview of the reception and working session.

In his capacity, Minister Marcin Kulasek committed to actively promoting cooperation between Poland and Phu Tho province across key strength sectors such as higher education, scientific research, technology transfer, and Artificial Intelligence (AI)—while concurrently connecting Polish pharmaceutical and information technology enterprises to survey and invest in the province.

Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong presenting commemorative gifts to Polish Minister of Science and Higher Education Marcin Kulasek.

Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong presenting commemorative gifts to Mr. Grzegorz Bernard Napieralski — Member of the Sejm, Chairman of the Poland–Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group, and Chairman of the Subcommittee on Artificial Intelligence.

At the working session, both sides engaged in open discussions regarding coordination mechanisms, solutions to drive educational exchanges, human resource training, and expanding investment and trade promotion activities. On this occasion, Provincial Party Secretary Pham Dai Duong presented the high-level Polish delegation with commemorative gifts rich in Ancestral Land cultural identity.

Provincial leaders and the high-level Polish delegation taking a commemorative photo.

* Within the working program in Phu Tho, the high-level Polish delegation visited and conducted real-world field surveys at the CNCTech High-Tech Complex and the infrastructure of Nam Binh Xuyen Industrial Park.

Here, the delegation toured manufacturing workflows, technology applications, and quality management systems at CNCTech—a reputable supporting enterprise participating in global supply chains across automotive, electronics, semiconductors, aviation, and medical sectors. The delegation also heard introductions to the planning of the Nam Binh Xuyen Green Park project—a new-generation, green, smart industrial park model focusing on resource optimization and technology application in operations.

The high-level Polish delegation visiting and surveying real-world field conditions at the CNCTech high-tech complex and Nam Binh Xuyen Green Park Industrial Park infrastructure.

The visit and field surveys opened practical cooperative prospects between enterprises of both countries in applied research, high-tech transfer, and human resource training—contributing to elevating the stature and image of Phu Tho province’s investment and business environment in the international arena.

Dinh Vu