Vietnam - Czech Republic expand parliamentary cooperation and people-to-people exchange

This is the content discussed at the working session on November 2nd between Czech Deputy Speaker Patrik Nacher and the working delegation of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front led by Ms. Ha Thi Nga - Member of the Party Central Committee, Vice President - Secretary General of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front.

According to a VNA correspondent in Prague, at the working session, Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives Nacher said that bilateral trade turnover reached 5.2 billion USD in 2025 and is expected to reach nearly 7 billion USD in 2026. He highly appreciated the role of the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, with about 39,000 people recognized as members of ethnic minority communities. The participation of Vietnamese representatives in the Council of Ethnic Minorities and cultural and sports activities contribute to strengthening the solidarity of the people of the two countries.

For her part, Ms. Ha Thi Nga emphasized that Vietnam-Czech relations have developed positively since the two countries upgraded to a Strategic Partnership in 2025. She hopes that the Vietnam Fatherland Front and similar functional agencies of the Czech House of Representatives will strengthen the exchange of experiences on legislative work, receiving and resolving voters' petitions, social supervision and management; and at the same time study organizing seminars and thematic exchanges in direct or online.

Referring to the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, Ms. Ha Thi Nga proposed that the Czech Parliament and Government continue to create conditions for people to stabilize their lives, work and integrate; and consider reopening quotas to receive Vietnamese workers, creating more favorable visas and promoting aviation connectivity to strengthen people-to-people exchanges, tourism and economic cooperation.

Exchanging views on the proposals, Czech MP Denis Doksanský said that the MPs will consider the possibility of promoting the opening of quotas to receive Vietnamese workers. For students, the Foreign Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives will work with the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Education to consider increasing the number of Vietnamese students studying in the Czech Republic. He affirmed that the Czech Republic wishes to expand cooperation with Vietnam, considering Vietnam an important bridge with the Asian region.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam also proposed that the local government continue to pay attention to and create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to stabilize their lives, work and integrate, especially for those who do not yet have Czech nationality, and are currently mainly residing in this country for a long time. The Ambassador also proposed that the Czech side consider changing the land use purpose of agricultural land jointly owned by Saparia Trading Joint Stock Company and the Vietnam Buddhist Sangha to build a Vietnamese Cultural Center in the Czech Republic, combined with a religious activity facility, meeting the cultural and spiritual needs of the community. He also proposed to study visa exemption for people holding Vietnamese official passports to facilitate delegation exchange activities.

According to the Ambassador, the Vietnamese Embassy is scheduled to work with the Czech Ministry of Interior on November 11 to discuss visa issues. The proposals were made in the context that Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is scheduled to visit Vietnam in early December 2026 and Speaker of the House of Representatives Tomio Okamura is scheduled to have a private visit in January 2027.

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