Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the President of the Czech - Vietnam Friendship Association

Within the framework of his official visit to the Czech Republic, on the afternoon of January 18 local time, in the capital city of Prague, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received President of the Czech - Vietnam Friendship Association Milos Kusy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh was pleased to meet with President of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association Milos Kusy and close friends of Vietnam; affirming that the Vietnamese people always appreciate the sentiments, valuable support and wholehearted assistance of the Czech people for Vietnam in the past struggle for national independence and reunification and in the current national construction and development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and President of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association Milos Kusy. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

Appreciating the activities of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association and its President for always supporting the Vietnamese community in the Czech Republic, as well as being active in exchange and connection activities between the people of the two countries, the Prime Minister affirmed that the Vietnamese State always supports and creates favorable conditions for the Association to continue operating and standing side by side with the Vietnamese people.

Informing the President of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association and Czech friends about the socio -economic situation of Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that his visit to the Czech Republic this time aims to further strengthen the traditional friendship between Vietnam and the Czech Republic in all fields and further tighten the friendship between the two peoples; he asked the Association to continue supporting and promoting the Vietnam-Czech relations to become increasingly deeper, more substantial and effective.

Thanking Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh for taking the time to meet him, the President of the Czech - Vietnam Friendship Association recalled Prime Minister Pham Van Dong's visit to the Czech Republic in 1957 with many important marks; he believed that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to the Czech Republic this time would open a new phase in the relationship between the two countries.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the Vietnamese people always appreciate the sentiments, valuable support and wholehearted assistance that the Czech people have given to Vietnam. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

Expressing his admiration for Vietnam's remarkable development, President of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association Milos Kusy said that the Association has closely coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic, associations of Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic and the Vietnam-Czech Friendship Association, contributing to promoting Vietnam-Czech relations in general and between ministries, branches and localities of the two countries.

Mr. Milos Kusy suggested that Vietnam coordinate with the Czech Republic to promote people-to-people exchange, creating conditions for people of the two countries to better understand each other's country, people and culture, including the construction of a Vietnamese Cultural Center in the Czech Republic; affirming that the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association will do its best to stand side by side with Vietnam in the process of developing and nurturing the relationship between the two countries.

Agreeing with the proposal of the Chairman of the Czech-Vietnam Friendship Association, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said he will assign the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relevant ministries and agencies to study the construction of a Vietnamese Cultural Center in the Czech Republic, in line with Vietnam's policy of internationalizing Vietnamese culture and Vietnamizing the quintessence of world culture.

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