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Triet: Slovak Businessmen Would Be Welcomed in Vietnam
Thursday 17 December 2009 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, December 17 (TASR) - Possibilities for more intensive mutual economic co-operation were discussed Thursday in Bratislava by Slovak and Vietnamese businessmen at the Slovak-Vietnamese Economic Forum in Bratislava on Thursday.
A Vietnamese business delegation is accompanying Vietnam President Nguyen Minh Triet on his three-day visit to Slovakia, and the negotiations were also attended by presidents of both countries near the end of the day.
Slovak President Ivan Gasparovic said that the signing of the Agreement on Protection of Investments on Thursday creates further conditions for the improvement of mutual economic co-operation, which still has much growth potential. Slovakia should, according to Gasparovic, build on good relations with Vietnam and also on the fact that many Vietnamese who studied in the former Czechoslovakia now hold important posts in their country.
Triet underlined that his country is interested in more intensive co-operation with Slovakia in all areas. He said he appreciates that Slovakia will support Vietnam in the issue of import taxes on Vietnamese shoes to the EU as over 650,000 people, mostly women, in that country are working in this sector. He concluded his speech with an invitation for Slovak businessmen to Vietnam, where they will be welcomed.
Representatives of over 100 companies from Slovakia and 80 from Vietnam took part in the forum. Both countries see possibilities in co-operation development especially in the fields such as energy, construction, the food industry, engineering, pharmaceuticals and textile industry. Investment activities are being developed gradually as well, while Slovak developers JAMP (Ilava, Trencin region) are participating in a project in the Vietnamese capital Ho Chi Minh City.
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