The President expressed this aspiration while receiving Karel Pleva,Chairman and CEO of the Czech Export Guarantee and InsuranceCorporation (EGAP) in Hanoi on Feb. 4.
President Triet praised EGAP projects in Vietnam and stated that theVietnamese Government is exerting efforts to improve its investmentenvironment and ensure legal equality for all types of investors.
He stressed that Vietnam and the Czech Republic enjoy fine traditional relations.
In its past struggle for national liberation, Vietnam received supportand assistance from the Czech Republic. As a result, in its nationalconstruction and development process at present, Vietnam attaches greatimportance to boosting comprehensive cooperation with the country,focusing on economics, trade and investment.
Moreover, Vietnamese people, who were trained in the Czech Republic ,will form a bridge to link and boost cooperation between the twonations. Czech businesspeople to Vietnam are welcomed not only asinvestors, but also as friends of the Vietnamese people.
The EGAP leader gave a briefing on his company’s key projects inVietnam which are considered to have the greatest potentialeffectiveness.
Karel Pleva said that at present Czech investment in Vietnam is stillmodest, but will serve as a foundation for development of economiccooperation in the future./.