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Vietnam attaches importance to its ties with the Czech Republic. Bilateral economic, trade, and investment relations have been reinforced over the past few years.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived at the Vaclav Havel international airport in Prague, the Czech Republic, in the afternoon of April 16, beginning an official visit to the country at the invitation of his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis.

Economic and trade ties between Vietnam and the Czech Republic (CZE) have made remarkable progress in recent years, with the latter becoming a major trade partner of Vietnam in Eastern Europe.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son and his Czech counterpart Lukas Kaucky conducted a political consultation in Hanoi on March 14 to discuss bilateral ties as well as regional and international issues of shared concern.

Trade turnover between Vietnam and the Czech Republic reached 1.17 billion USD in 2018, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

Investment and trade ties between Vietnam and the Czech Republic have shown encouraging signs along with the thriving political and diplomatic relations.

A pagoda of Vietnamese people in Most city of Ustecky region, the Czech Republic, was inaugurated on January 5, becoming the community’s first spiritual cultural centre officially recognised by local authorities.

Potential for economic cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic was introduced to Czech offices, organisations and enterprises at a seminar in Prague on December 5.

Vietnam earned 88.05 million USD from exports to the Czech Republic in September, raising the figure for the first nine months of this year to 775.94 million USD, up 10.8 percent year-on-year, according to the Czech Statistical Office.

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 businesses conference promoting partnerships between Vietnamese and Czech companies took place in Prague on October 11.

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.

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.

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 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.

Ho Chi Minh City is interested in enhancing cooperation with the Czech Republic in education and training to have high-quality human resources, Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Council Pham Duc Hai told officials of the Czech parliament’s lower house on June 8.

The Czech Republic will continue assisting Vietnam to develop its education, affirmed President of the Committee on Science, Education, Culture, Youth and Sport under the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus.

Vietnam always attaches importance to developing ties with traditional friends in the central Eastern Europe, with the Czech Republic as a priority partner, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told Vice Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Vojtech Filip during a reception in Hanoi on June 5.