A delegation of Hanoi led by Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People’s Council Phung Thi Hong Ha paid a working visit to Russia and the Czech Republic from October 18-28.
A gathering was held in Ho Chi Minh City on October 28 to mark the 100th founding anniversary of Czechoslovakia, part of which is the Czech Republic at present.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic held a ceremony in Prague on October 27 to honour 47 Vietnamese students and postgraduates with excellent performance in the 2017-2018 academic year.
A working delegation of the northern province of Tuyen Quang led by Deputy Chairman of its People’s Committee Tran Ngoc Thuc has held a working session with leading officials of Pardubice province of the Czech Republic to explore chances of cooperation and investment between the two localities.
A businesses conference promoting partnerships between Vietnamese and Czech companies took place in Prague on October 11.
Vietnam’s Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan met with Governor of Plzen Region Josef Bernard in the city of Plzen on October 10 to discuss plans to boost cooperation between the Czech region and Vietnamese localities.
The 1st sport festival for Vietnamese students in the Czech Republic took place in Brno city on September 22-23 with support from the Vietnamese Embassy and the Association of Vietnamese people in the country.
The Vietnamese community across the Czech Republic celebrated the Mid-Autumn Festival for children from September 21 with lion dances, music performances and gift giving.
Vo Van Phuong, deputy head of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, has paid a visit to the Czech Republic for experience exchange in developing social welfare policies.
The Czech Republic’s exports to Vietnam surged 580.5 percent to more than 45.5 million USD in July from the previous month, much higher than the monthly average of 7-10 million USD, according to the Czech Statistical Office.
The Banan Festival 2018 held in Prague, the Czech Republic has shown Vietnamese youths are increasingly integrating into the host society.
Bilateral trade turnover between Vietnam and the Czech Republic in the first half of 2018 recorded an expansion of nearly 14 percent compared to the same period last year, marking a successively stable growth rate of over 10 percent per year since 2015.
Vietnam is willing to cooperate with the Czech Republic to address difficulties in granting long-term visas for Vietnamese nationals for the purposes of employment or business in the European country, said spokesperson of the Foreign Ministry Le Thi Thu Hang.
Deputy Foreign Minister Vu Hong Nam has praised organisations and associations of Vietnamese expats in the Czech Republic for their role in and contributions to developing the Vietnamese community and promoting Vietnam’s culture in the host country.
Bright signs have been seen in two-way trade between Vietnam and the Czech Republic, as the two countries’ import-export turnover in the first five months of this year reached nearly 464.5 million USD, up 15.6 percent from the same period last year.
The Czech Republic has suspended the acceptance of work visa applications by Vietnamese nationals, said Czech Minister of the Interior Jan Hamacek.
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic has expressed deep concern about the remark on Vietnam made by Lubomir Zaoralek, Chairman of the Czech Chamber of Deputies’ Foreign Affairs Committee, at the committee’s meeting on June 21.
As many as 320 oversea Vietnamese (OV) from 11 European countries have competed in the Czech Open Golf Tournament under the European Vietnamese Golf Association (EVGA) Tour Championship 2018.
