At the meeting, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung welcomed the Deputy Chairman of the House of Representatives and the delegation of the Czech Republic to Vietnam; at the same time, it affirmed that the traditional friendship and cooperation between Vietnam and the Czech Republic has been developing strongly by the leaders and people of the two countries.

Minister Dao Ngoc Dung said that during the visit and working in the Czech Republic in the middle of April 2019 of the high-ranking delegation of the Government of Vietnam, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis agreed to coordinate bilateral cooperation in many areas of education - training, labor, agriculture, science, technology, environment, culture - tourism.

“In particular, since the beginning of June 2019, the Czech Republic has officially reopened the granting of long-term visas to Vietnamese workers.  And in October 2019, Bamboo Airlines expected to open direct flights from Vietnam to the Czech Republic. The fact that the Czech Republic resumes issuing visas for workers as well as Vietnamese citizens is a meaningful and cooperative activity that comes from the interests of the two countries, thereby promoting the potential of In the period 2006-2008, the Czech Republic received a large number of Vietnamese workers to work, sometimes up to 10,000 people, ” Minister Dao Ngoc Dung emphasized.Minister Dao Ngoc Dung welcomed Mr. Vojtech Filip, Vice Chairman of the Czech Republic House to visit and work with the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Discussing about the situation of Vietnam's human resources, Minister Dao Ngoc Dung informed that Vietnam's population currently reaches about 95 million people, a country with a young population but also preparing to enter the period of aging population. According to the Minister, at the 7th Session, the XIV National Assembly is discussing the Labor Code 2012 (amended), including adjusting the retirement age to ensure that by 2039, Vietnam will overcome the population aging status as some other countries.

Also according to Minister Dao Ngoc Dung, Vietnam has experience in organizing recruitment, training and sending citizens to work abroad, including bringing nurses to work in Japan and Germany.

He said: “Vietnam is willing to cooperate with the Czech Republic in the selection and training  Vietnamese workers to work as nurses in the Czech Republic. Besides, from the strength of Czech such as metallurgy, production of machinery, electronic equipment, transportation, textile chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food processing ..., Vietnam also hopes that the two countries will soon have comprehensive cooperation in training and improving vocational skills”.

At the meeting, Czech Vice President Vojtech Filip said: This working trip with the MOLISA this time is to exchange and implement specific purposes that the Prime Minister of the two countries suggested before. For the re-issuance of visas for Vietnamese workers, it is the result of a efficient collaborative process of both the MOLISA and the Czech Republic. In the coming time, the Czech Republic wishes to cooperate with Vietnam in the field of nurses, medical, doctors, and also establish training facility in this field in Vietnam.

According to Czech Vice President Vojtech Filip, the Czech Republic is expected to receive about 3,000 - 4,000 Vietnamese nurses to study and work soon.

At the end of the meeting, the Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung and Mr. Vojtech Filip, Vice President of the Czech Republic agreed to assign relevant agencies to exchange, negotiate and sign cooperation and organizational agreements. Besides receiving Vietnamese nurses, the Czech Republic will research to expand the field of careers and receive Vietnamese workers in all jobs that in needs, in accordance with the laws of the two countries.

Before that, in June 10th, Mr. Vojtech Filip, Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives and the delegation of the Czech Republic were welcomed by the National Assembly Chairman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan, then the delegation had a meeting with the Vice President of Standing Committee of National Assembly Tong Thi Phong.  On June 12th, the Vice Chairman of the House of Representatives and the delegation will have a meeting with the Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.