Czech Republic–Vietnam relations explained

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

History

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

Migration

Vietnamese community in Czech Republic

See 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.^[2]

Czech community in Vietnam

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

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] .

Diplomatic missions

• The Czech Republic has an embassy in Hanoi. There is an honorary consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.
• Vietnam has an embassy in Prague.

See also

• Foreign relations of the Czech Republic
• Foreign relations of Vietnam
• ASEAN–European Union relations
• Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic
• List of diplomatic missions of the Czech Republic
• List of diplomatic missions of Vietnam

Further reading

• Shoiw-Mei Tseng. Trade Flows between Czech Republic and East Asia (PFD full text). January 2013.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Bilateral relations | Embassy of the Czech Republic in Hanoi. www.mzv.cz.
2. https://www.czso.cz/documents/11292/27914491/1812_c01t01.pdf/b03cac12-7eef-419d-a66a-567c97b397ec?version=1.0 Foreigners, total by citizenship as at 31 December 2018 1)
3. Book: Kết quả Tổng điều tra dân số và nhà ở thời điểm 0 giờ ngày 01 tháng 4 năm 2019. http://tongdieutradanso.vn/uploads/data/6/files/files/2_%20Bieu%20so%20lieu%20va%20phu%20luc%20(duyet%20gui%20in).pdf. https://web.archive.org/web/20200509091125/http://tongdieutradanso.vn/uploads/data/6/files/files/2_%20Bieu%20so%20lieu%20va%20phu%20luc%20(duyet%20gui%20in).pdf. 9 May 2020. Results of the Census of Population and Housing at 0 o'clock April 1, 2019. 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) . Hanoi. 15 May 2020. December 2019. Part III - Tabulated tables. Phần III - biểu tổng hợp. vi. 978-604-75-1448-9. live. pdf.
4. Web site: Zahraniční cesty.
5. Web site: Facebook, Czech Embassy Hanoi / ĐSQ Séc tại Hà Nội, 10 September 2021. Facebook. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/bs9J3?kreymer=true. 4 March 2022.
6. http://www.vietrade.gov.vn/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2365:vietnam-czech-republic-relations-in-trade-and-investment-have-room-to-develop&catid=20:news&Itemid=287
7. Web site: Za blamáž v Asii si Češi často můžou sami, říká manažer žijící ve Vietnamu. 28 August 2016.