Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc and his spouse will pay official visits to Romania from April 14-16 and the Czech Republic from April 16-18, according to an announcement from the Foreign Ministry. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Prime Minister Nguyen Xuân Phúc and his spouse will pay official visits to Romania from April 14-16 and the Czech Republic from April 16-18, according to an announcement from the Foreign Ministry.

The visits will be made at the respective invitations of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dancila and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, according to the document.

Việt Nam and Romania officially set up diplomatic relations in February 1950. The two countries have enjoyed growing friendship and co-operation. Both sides have worked together towards a trade revenue target of US$500 million in the near future, from just $200 million at present.

Meanwhile, friendship and cooperation between Viet Nam and the Czech Republic have developed over the past 67 years.

According to the Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic Hồ Minh Tuấn, two-way trade has recently increased by about 15 per cent per year. Import-export turnover between the two nations was reported at some $1.2 billion in 2018, doubling the amount recorded in the previous year. — VNS