Vietnam always highly values and wishes to strengthen relations with traditional friends in the Central and Eastern Europe, with the Czech Republic being one of its top priority partners, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

Concluding Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to the Czech Republic from January 18 to 20, leaders of the two countries issued a joint statement on the upgrade of bilateral relations to a Strategic Partnership.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, accompanied by his spouse and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, touched down at Zurich Airport on the night of January 20 (local time), commencing a working visit to Switzerland, during which the Government leader will attend the 55th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos and engage in bilateral activities.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Petr Fiala of the Czech Republic and his visiting counterpart Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam announced the elevation of the two countries’ relations to a strategic partnership during their talks in Prague on January 20.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Petr Fiala hosted an official welcoming ceremony in Prague on January 20 for Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh who was on an official visit to the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - Vietnam and the Czech Republic should bring into full play cooperation mechanisms, including the EU-Vietnam free trade agreement (EVFTA), to raise their two-way trade to US$5 billion in the coming years, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told a joint business forum in Prague, on January 20.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session with the Vietnam Innovation Network in Europe (VINEU) and Vietnamese experts in Prague on January 19 afternoon (local time) as part of his official visit to the Czech Republic.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse on January 19 afternoon (local time) visited the family of Hoang Dinh Thang, an outstanding overseas Vietnamese, who is a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee's Presidium, President of the Union of Vietnamese Associations in Europe.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended Homeland Spring 2025, a programme for overseas Vietnamese in the lead-up to the Lunar New Year, in Prague on January 19 evening (local time), as part of his ongoing visit to the Czech Republic.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 19 afternoon called at the Sapa Trading Center in Prague to inquire about Vietnamese expatriates’ working conditions, as part of his ongoing visit to the Czech Republic.