Viet Nam continues to welcome
businesses from the Republic of Slovakia to seek co-operation and investment
opportunities in the country, President Nguyen Minh Triet said.

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He made
the statement while receiving Slovakia’s Minister of Economy and Construction
Juraj Miskov in Ha Noi yesterday, April 14.

Bilateral long-term friendship between both countries would bring favourable
conditions for businesses to enhance mutual co-operation in the fields of
economy, trade and investment, Triet said.

He urged
the two countries to boost exchange visits and turn the co-operative policies
into specific actions, adding that many other fields also had the potential for
greater ties. Triet also expressed his pleasure over the improvement of the
bilateral relations in the past few years, and thanked the country for
supporting Viet Nam on the anti-dumping lawsuit on its footwear in European
market.

The
Slovak guest said his visit, accompanied by many large enterprises, proved the
country’s interest in co-operating on economics, trade and investment with Viet
Nam.

He
stressed that Viet Nam would be the main gateway for Slovakia to access ASEAN
markets while Slovakia would play the role as a bridge to connect Viet Nam with
European Union markets.

He said
the two countries had mutual interest in economic growth and social welfare, and
bilateral assistance would help the two countries’ development.

On the
same day, Defence Minister General Phung Quang Thanh received visiting Slovakian
Minister of Economy and Construction Juraj Miskov.

During
talks, Minister Thanh underlined the time-honoured relations between Viet Nam
and Slovakia, saying the army and people of Viet Nam would forever remember the
valuable support of the Slovakian army and people during the country’s cause of
national liberation and construction.

Viet Nam
attaches importance to co-operative relations with Slovakia in numerous areas,
including co-operation in the national defence-based economy, said Thanh,
expressing his hope that the visit by the Slovakian Minister would contribute to
stepping up the two countries’ co-operation in the sector.

He also
stressed the need for the two countries’ armies to carry out exchanges of
delegations at different levels to better promote co-operation opportunities in
training technicians.

For his
part, Minister Juraj Miskov said Slovakian defence businesses wanted to work
with Vietnamese partners in producing technical equipment to serve national
defence, natural disasters control, road and bridge building and other areas of
mutual concern.

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