Strategic Partnership
On Monday, 20 January 2025, Prime Minister Petr Fiala welcomed Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Prague. They agreed to elevate Czech–Vietnamese relations to a Strategic Partnership, aiming to strengthen trade, investment, and defence cooperation and to support joint projects in science, education, tourism, and other areas. During the meeting, important agreements were also signed focusing on cooperation in education and pilot training.
The Czech Republic and Vietnam are marking the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations this year. “We have no closer relationship with any other Asian country than with Vietnam. Our relations are developing successfully, and the intensity of contacts at various levels is growing. This is also reflected in the turnover of mutual trade, which was a record last year, exceeding USD 4 billion. It is gratifying that Czech companies have a great interest in further investment in Vietnam. For all these reasons, we are moving our relations to a new, strategic level,” said the Prime Minister.
(Source: Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, 20 January 2025)
Czech prime minister Petr Fiala and Vietnamese prime minister Pham Minh Chinh in Prague