Czech Republic Pledges to Offer More Assistance for Vietnam

The Czech Republic will provide Vietnam more official development assistance (ODA) in the coming time to develop its economy, pledged Vladimiar Lastuvka, Chairman of the Czech House of Representatives Committee for External Relations.

 

Lastuvka made the commitment at a meeting with Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Van An at a meeting yesterday in Hanoi.

 

Additionally, he said Vietnam will be regarded as a preferential country in its development cooperation strategy.

 

The guest also agreed with An that, he will encourage enterprises and traders in the Czech Republic to invest and do business in Vietnam on a bigger scale.

 

Furthermore, Lastuvka and An agreed to more regular exchange high-ranking delegations to share experiences in the spheres of lawmaking and overseeing.

 

Over the last two months, the Chairman of the Public Management, Regional and Environmental Development Commission Evzen Snitily and especially Chairman of the Czech House of Representatives Lubomir Zaoralek of the Czech Republic visited Vietnam to strengthen cooperation between the two countries.

 

Diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Czechoslovakia were established on February 2, 1950. The Embassy of Czechoslovakia was opened on December 30, 1954 in Hanoi and the following year Vietnam opened its embassy in Prague.

 

Two-way trade between the two countries in 2004 was US$103.2. Of which Vietnam exported US$81.6 million to the Czech Republic and imported US$21.6 million from the foreign country.

 

Currently, 35,000 Vietnamese people are living and working in the Czech Republic. The Czech Parliament has approved a project to provide healthcare assistance for the overseas Vietnamese community there.
The People, VNA