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Vietnam and the Czech Republic have experienced sound growth in their trade revenue so far this year, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

A Vietnam-Czech Republic trade promotion seminar was held in Prague, the Czech Republic on November 28 to help enterprises from both sides seek investment and cooperation opportunities, contributing to promoting their bilateral economic and trade partnership.

The Ho Chi Minh City Union of Friendship Organisations held a get-together on November 16 to mark the 101st Independence Day of the Czech Republic (November 28).

Vietnam’s newest carrier Bamboo Airways has said it will launch a direct air route connecting capitals of Vietnam and the Czech Republic in the first quarter of 2020.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc expressed his delight at the Czech Republic’s plan to launch a direct air route between Prague and Hanoi, during a reception on October 1 for visiting Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of the Interior Jan Hamacek.

The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic have agreed to enhance information and share experience in preventing and combating drug crime, organised crime, terrorism, high-tech crime, and illegal immigration.

Two-way trade between Vietnam and the Czech Republic in the first six months of 2019 hit 591.14 million USD, up 5.6 percent, according to latest statistics of the European country.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan and President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce (CCC) Vladimír Dlouhý on July 17 discussed measures to boost bilateral cooperation in economics, trade and investment after the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) was signed on June 30.

The Czech Republic will be an important bridge for Vietnamese to enter the European market and bolster the Vietnam-EU trade, an official of the republic has said.

Czech experts have shared their views that the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will bring about great opportunities for Vietnam and the Czech Republic to expand their economic and trade ties.

The Vietnam-Czech Republic Friendship Association on June 23 selected a 59-strong Executive Board for the 2019-2024 tenure with Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai elected its President.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan visited Ústecký region and had a working session with local officials on June 21 in an effort to promote this region’s cooperation with Vietnamese localities.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic should help their defence businesses to seek cooperation opportunities in military trade and defence industry, Deputy Defence Minister Phan Van Giang has said.

Vietnam stands ready to cooperate with the Czech Republic in selecting and training nurses and orderlies to work in the European country, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has said.

Permanent Vice Chairwoman of the Vietnam National Assembly Tong Thi Phong hopes Vietnam and the Czech Republic will soon talk and sign an agreement on labour export, paving the way for Vietnamese nurses to work in the Czech Republic.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Ho Minh Tuan discussed measures to bolster Vietnam-Czech Republic economic cooperation with President of the Czech Confederation of Industry and Transport Jaroslav Hanak in Prague on May 28.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic on May 3 signed a document on the ratification and implementation of the agreement on the transfer of sentenced persons between the two countries.

Many opinions in the Czech Republic have shared the view that the agreements reached during Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s official visit to the European country from April 16-17 have opened up new directions for bilateral cooperation in the time ahead.

The visits to Romania and the Czech Republic by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc reaffirmed Vietnam’s wish to step up the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with traditional friends in Central and Eastern Europe, with Romania and the Czech Republic as prioritized partners.

Vietnam and the Czech Republic issued a joint statement during the visit to the European country by Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on April 16-17 at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.