Vietnam and Czech Republic promote local cooperation

Vietnam and the Czech Republic (Czech Republic) aim to expand cooperation between localities in many fields, while strengthening support for the locally integrated Vietnamese community associated with preserving national cultural identity.

This is the main content at the working session on November 3rd between the high-level 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, and the Governor of the Karlovy Vary region, Mr. Petr Kubis.

According to a VNA correspondent in the Czech Republic, at the working session, Governor Kubis highly appreciated the contributions of the Vietnamese community to the socio-economic development of the Czech Republic in general and the Karlovy Vary region in particular, and affirmed that the regional government will continue to create favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to deeply integrate into the local society.

Regarding local cooperation, he said that besides the twinning agreement with Quang Ninh, the Karlovy Vary region is ready to expand cooperation with other localities of Vietnam. With strengths in resort tourism, supporting industry and high technology, the region wishes to strengthen cooperation in areas of mutual interest such as tourism, health, education, heavy industry, crystal and ceramic production.

Ms. Ha Thi Nga informed about the socio-economic development achievements of Vietnam, and highly appreciated the efforts of the Karlovy Vary regional government in local development and the concern for the Vietnamese community.

She emphasized that nearly 90,000 Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic, including the community in Karlovy Vary, not only make positive contributions to the local socio-economy but are also a bridge of friendship between the people of the two countries.

To continue to promote that role, Ms. Ha Thi Nga proposed that the regional government create favorable conditions for Vietnamese people to stabilize their lives, do legal business and ensure legitimate rights and interests.

She also wishes to strengthen people-to-people exchanges, culture, education, organize activities to introduce Vietnamese culture and youth and student exchanges between the two countries; and at the same time study to expand cooperation between Karlovy Vary and Vietnamese localities in tourism, human resource training and business connection.

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Duong Hoai Nam expressed agreement with the above cooperation orientations, and said that the Vietnamese Embassy is coordinating with the Czech Embassy in Hanoi to prepare for the upcoming visit to Vietnam by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

The Ambassador also proposed strengthening cooperation in training and recruiting Vietnamese nurses and nurses to work in the Czech Republic to contribute to meeting the human resource needs in the healthcare sector of this country.

Referring to the Vietnamese community in Karlovy Vary, which currently has about 6,000 people, accounting for about 2% of the total population of the region, the Ambassador proposed that local authorities create conditions to organize Vietnamese language classes in schools, helping the young generation of Vietnamese origin maintain their language and national identity.

The Ambassador also proposed to support the construction site of Vietnamese pagodas to meet the cultural and religious needs of the community.

Exchanging views on these proposals, Governor Kubis said that he would pay attention to considering, including the possibility of introducing Vietnamese into teaching at schools in the region. The working session contributed to promoting cooperation between localities of the two countries, while strengthening the cohesion and promoting the role of the Vietnamese community in the Vietnam-Czech friendship.

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