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Czech Republic–Vietnam relations

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Czech–Vietnamese relations
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Czech Republic
Vietnam

Czech Republic–Vietnam relations (Czech: Česko-vietnamské vztahy; Vietnamese: Quan hệ Séc – Việt Nam) are foreign relations between the Czech Republic (Czechia) and Vietnam.

History

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The foreign relations between Czechoslovakia and Vietnam were established on February 2, 1950.[1]

When the Czech Republic and Slovakia gained independence on 1 January 1993, both countries inherited all the established relations between former Czechoslovakia and Vietnam.[2]

In January 2025, the bilateral relations were raised to strategic partnership, making Vietnam the Czech Republic's first strategic partner in Southeast Asia, and the Czech Republic the first Central European country for Vietnam to have a strategic partnership with.[3] Signed by the Vietnamese prime minister Pham Minh Chinh and his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala, the elevation of relations status marks the 75th anniversary of diplomatic and historic ties established between Czechoslovakia and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam.[4][1]

Migration

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Vietnamese community in Czech Republic

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Main article: Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic

As of 2018, there were 61,097 Vietnamese citizens with a residence permit in the Czech Republic, making them one of the largest immigrant groups in the country and the largest non-European group.[5]

Czech community in Vietnam

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Vietnam does not tell the number of foreign nationals per country in 2019 Census (it shows only 3,553 foreigners total [6]). In 2011, Committee on Foreign Affairs of Czech Parliament cited that "Czech community in Vietnam does not exist yet".[7]

In September 2021, COVID-19 vaccination of Czech citizens living in Vietnam, organized by Czech Embassy in Hanoi, was attended by "almost 400" people.[8]

Trade and economy

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In 2010s, Czech Republic and Vietnam consider each other as strategic markets with the aim to reach US$1 billion in two-way trade in the near future. As of 2015, Czech imports from Vietnam include seafood, farm produce such as coffee, tea and pepper. Vietnamese imports from the Czech republic are industrial goods, precision engineering, petrochemical equipment and energy.[9]

One of the successful Czech companies in Vietnam is Home Credit[10][n 1], which in February 2024 was sold by its owner PPF Group to the Thai Siam Commercial Bank.[11][12]

Czech companies including Czechoslovak Group, Colt CZ Group, Omnipol, STV Group, and Aero Vodochody have supplied aircraft and firearms to Vietnam,[13][14][15][16][17] with both countries viewing defence cooperation as an important part of their overall relations.[18][13]

During the January 2025 official visit to the Czech Republic, the Vietnamese prime minister Pham Minh Chinh met with Skoda Group's CEO Klaus Zellmer, who viewed Vietnam as "an important gateway to the ASEAN market" with "the potential to become Skoda's car manufacturing export hub for ASEAN and other markets".[19] The prime minister also held discussions with Pavel Tykač, the owner of Sev.en Energy Group and the football club SK Slavia Praha, who requested the Vietnamese authorities "expedite the approval process for acquiring a controlling stake" in the BOT-based Mong Duong 2 thermal power plant.[20] The prime minister also urged Jiri Smejc, the CEO of PPF Group to reinvest.[21]

Under an agreement signed in January 2025, pilot trainees at Vietjet Aviation Academy will be provided training by F Air in Czech Republic, which will provide Multi-Crew Pilot License program adhering to European Aviation Safety Agency standards.[22]

Diplomatic missions

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Czech embassy in Hanoi
Vietnamese embassy in Prague

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Bilateral relations | Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi". www.mzv.cz.
  2. ^ "Vietnam and the Czech Republic Relations". vnembassy-praha.mofa.gov.vn. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  3. ^ "Việt Nam, Czech Republic elevate ties to strategic partnership". vietnamnews.vn. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  4. ^ "Vietnam, Czech Republic issue joint statement on relationship upgrade". Vietnam+. 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  5. ^ Foreigners, total by citizenship as at 31 December 2018 1). Czech Statistical Office. Source: Directorate of the Alien Police Service.
  6. ^ "Phần III - biểu tổng hợp" [Part III - Tabulated tables] (PDF). Kết quả Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở thời điểm 0 giờ ngày 01 tháng 4 năm 2019 [Results of the Census of Population and Housing at 0 o'clock April 1, 2019] (pdf) (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: Statistical publishing house, Central Population and Housing Census Steering Committee, General Statistics Office of Vietnam (Vietnamese: Nhà xuất bản thống kê, Ban chỉ đạo Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở Trung ương, Tổng cục Thống kê). December 2019. ISBN 978-604-75-1448-9. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 May 2020. Retrieved 15 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Zahraniční cesty".
  8. ^ "Facebook, Czech Embassy Hanoi / ĐSQ Séc tại Hà Nội, 10 September 2021". Facebook. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022.
  9. ^ [1] [permanent dead link‍]
  10. ^ "Za blamáž v Asii si Češi často můžou sami, říká manažer žijící ve Vietnamu". 28 August 2016.
  11. ^ "Home Credit agrees to sell 100% of its Vietnam operations to Thailand's SCB". Homecredit. 2024-02-28. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  12. ^ "PPF Group Agrees to Sell Home Credit in Vietnam". PPF Group. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  13. ^ a b "Czech Republic looks to supply Vietnam more aircraft, radars". Reuters. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2025.
  14. ^ Jurák, Zdeněk (2024-04-10). "Annual Results 2023 | CSG". czechoslovakgroup.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  15. ^ "In close-up: Weapons, vehicles at Int'l Defense Expo in Vietnam". Tuoi Tre News. 2024-12-20. Archived from the original on 2025-01-12. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  16. ^ "OMNIPOL at the exhibition in Vietnam". www.omnipol.cz. 12 December 2024. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  17. ^ "Vietnam inducts six L-39NGs". Janes. 2024-08-21. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  18. ^ "Vietnam, Czech Republic boast great defence cooperation potential: Diplomat". Vietnam+. 2024-12-18. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
  19. ^ "Skoda to complete Vietnam automobile plant in Q1". Vietnam Investment Review. 2025-01-21. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  20. ^ "Government leader commits support for leading Czech businesses". Vietnam+. 2025-01-19. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  21. ^ "Czech conglomerate PPF urged to expand operation in Vietnam after Home Credit Vietnam stake sale". theinvestor.vn. Retrieved 2025-01-22.
  22. ^ "Vietjet and F AIR sign pilot training agreement witnessed by Prime Ministers of Vietnam and Czech Republic". www.vietjetair.com. 20 January 2025. Retrieved 2025-01-23.

Notes

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  1. ^ Home Credit is based in Netherland, but founded in Czech Republic, and is owned by Czech PPF group

Further reading

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