Party chief hosts top South Korean, Czech legislators

At the meeting with the top South Korean legislator, the General Secretary welcomed the fruitful talks between Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tran Thanh Man and Speaker Woo, expressing the wish that the two legislative bodies would continue to enhance their role in promoting economic cooperation and carry out diverse exchange and joint activities, helping strengthen political trust and ties between their lawmakers.

He suggested that the two countries continue expanding collaboration and maintaining regular delegation exchanges between their Parties, States, Governments, and Parliaments, thus enabling further cooperation across all fields.

The host called on South Korea to continue to support capacity-building for Vietnamese enterprises so that they can participate more deeply in the global supply chains of Korean companies, helping both sides realize the trade target of US$150 billion by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable manner.

He also called on the two countries to turn cooperation in science–technology, innovation, and digital transformation into a new pillar of their relationship.

To emphasized the need to strengthen cooperation in human resources training and strategic technology development and promote collaboration in building core infrastructure such as artificial intelligence (AI), next-generation networks and data centers.

He urged South Korea to continue simplifying visa procedures for Vietnamese citizens and work towards visa exemptions.

Woo, for his part, suggested that both sides continue close cooperation to foster substantive defense cooperation and strengthen joint efforts in combating transnational crime, particularly cybercrime, in the region.

The guest recommended Viet Nam continue to create favorable conditions for South Korean enterprises to participate in Viet Nam's priority projects, thereby contributing to the country's socio-economic development.

South Korea will support Viet Nam in successfully hosting the 2027 APEC Economic Leaders' Week, reiterated the legislator.

During his meeting with the top Czech legislator, To urged both sides to step up trade promotion activities to raise bilateral trade to US$5 billion in the years to come.

The top leader also emphasized the need for the two nations to make use of each other's markets as gateways to Europe and Southeast Asia, thereby enhancing strategic autonomy, diversifying markets and supply sources, and deepening participation in global supply and value chains.

Lauding the talks between the two top legislators, the Party leader expressed his hope that the two legislatures will continue close coordination to create a legal corridor and favorable conditions for promoting bilateral cooperation, in line with the common interests of both nations.

He recommended the two sides step up the exchange of delegations at all levels and via Party, State, Government, parliamentary, locality-to-locality and people-to-people channels.

The host underlined the need to enhance coordination and mutual support at international organizations and multilateral forums and foster cooperation in economy, trade, investment, defense-security, science-technology, education-training, culture and tourism.

He also highlighted the importance of expanding cooperation in new areas such as clean energy, renewable energy and digital transformation.

For his part, Vystrcil affirmed that the Czech Senate stands ready to encourage remaining EU member states to soon ratify the EU–Viet Nam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA), he said.

He voiced the support for resolving disputes by peaceful means in accordance with international law, for peace, stability and development in both regions and the world and expressed his support for Viet Nam's stance on the East Sea issue.

Both sides vowed to accelerate the formulation and implementation of an action plan to realize the substance of the Viet Nam-Czech Republic Strategic Partnership, meeting the aspirations and interests of both nations./.