Czech Republic–Vietnam relations

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

Czech–Vietnamese relations
Map indicating locations of Czech Republic and Vietnam

Czech Republic

Vietnam

History

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

Migration

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Vietnamese community in Czech Republic

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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.[2]

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 [3]). In 2011, Committee on Foreign Affairs of Czech Parliament cited that "Czech community in Vietnam does not exist yet".[4]

In September 2021, COVID-19 vaccination of Czech citizens living in Vietnam, organized by Czech Embassy in Hanoi, was attended by "almost 400" people.[5]

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.[6]

One of the successful Czech companies in Vietnam is Home Credit[7][n 1].

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. ^ "Bilateral relations | Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi". www.mzv.cz.
  2. ^ Foreigners, total by citizenship as at 31 December 2018 1). Czech Statistical Office. Source: Directorate of the Alien Police Service.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Zahraniční cesty".
  5. ^ "Facebook, Czech Embassy Hanoi / ĐSQ Séc tại Hà Nội, 10 September 2021". Facebook. Archived from the original on 4 March 2022.
  6. ^ [1] [permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Za blamáž v Asii si Češi často můžou sami, říká manažer žijící ve Vietnamu". 28 August 2016.

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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