A seminar to promote trade between Vietnam and Slovakia was held in
the latter’s capital city Bratislava on October 29 in a bid to provide
Slovakian businesses and financial institutions with information on
Vietnam’s investment climate.
The seminar was
organised by the Vietnam Trade Office in Slovakia and the Czech
Republic, and Bratislava’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
At the event, Nguyen Thang Long, Head of the Vietnam Trade Office in
Slovakia and the Czech Republic, said two-way trade between Vietnam and
Slovakia increased six- to seven-fold in the past 3 years.
The positive outcome laid a solid foundation for the future
development of comprehensive cooperation between the two nations, he
said.
In addition, he highlighted the need to offer
the Slovakian business community more up-to-date information on
Vietnam’s socio-economic conditions, adding that Vietnamese enterprises
in Slovakia and the Czech Republic would play a vital role in promoting
bilateral cooperation and investments.
On his part,
Juraj Majtan, Director of Bratislava’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry,
spoke highly of the traditional cooperation between the two business
communities, indicating that they shared a great potential for
collaboration in the fields of machinery manufacturing, information
technology and tourism.
Vietnamese products gained a
strong market share in Slovakia in recent years, according to Vietnamese
Ambassador to Slovakia Ho Dac Minh Nguyet.
Miroslav
Lajcak, Slovakian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign and
European Affairs, will pay an official visit to Vietnam from November
4-5 at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart, Pham Binh Minh.
He will be accompanied by representatives of big Slovak companies.-VNA