General Secretary To Lam expressed his satisfaction with the positive developments in Vietnam - Czech Republic relations in recent times, and said that two-way trade turnover at 2 billion USD is still modest, not commensurate with the potential and strengths as well as the good political relations between the two countries.
With many famous products, not competing with each other, the two sides need to increase trade promotion activities to increase turnover to 5 billion USD in the next few years, while at the same time, through each other's markets to connect with the European and Southeast Asian markets to enhance strategic autonomy, diversify markets and supply sources, and participate more deeply in the global supply chain and value chain.
Appreciating the talks between Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man and Chairman of the Czech National Assembly of Milos Vystrcil, General Secretary To Lam hoped that the legislative bodies of the two countries would continue to closely coordinate, create a legal corridor, and facilitate efforts to promote cooperation between the two countries, meeting the common interests of the two countries.
Affirming that the two countries have many similarities and mutual benefits; there is no problem that can hinder bilateral cooperation in development, the General Secretary suggested that the two sides increase delegation exchanges at all levels and between Party, State, National Assembly channels, local cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, coordinate and support each other at international organizations and multilateral forums, promote economic, trade, investment, defense - security, science - technology, education - training, culture and tourism, and at the same time expand cooperation in new fields such as clean energy, renewable energy, digital transformation to "review the potential" for bilateral cooperation.
The President of the Czech National Assembly expressed his high agreement with the cooperation orientations raised by the General Secretary, affirming that he and the Czech National Assembly will personally strive to coordinate with the Vietnamese National Assembly, support the Government and local ministries and branches to promote traditional friendship and mutually beneficial cooperation, on the basis of mutual respect with Vietnam. In that spirit, the Czech National Assembly is ready to mobilize the remaining EU member states to soon ratify the Vietnam - EU Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).
The two leaders agreed to note that, in addition to the very good historical foundation of relations, the two countries also possess invaluable assets to continuously promote bilateral relations in the coming time. That is the sincere and affectionate affection that the people of the two countries have for each other; That is the recognition of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic as an ethnic minority; That is tens of thousands of Vietnamese experts and engineers who have been trained in the Czech Republic and about 300,000 Vietnamese people who understand the Czech language. These are important bridges to connect two peoples, two markets, two economies and two countries. The two sides agreed to accelerate the development, unification and implementation of the Action Plan to implement the content of the Vietnam - Czech Strategic Partnership, turning the potential and strengths into specific, substantive and effective cooperation projects, meeting the wishes and interests of both sides.
