(VOVworld) – On Tuesday, Vietnam and the Czech Republic signed an agreement on bilateral cooperation in the 2016-2020 period during the fifth session of their Intergovernmental Joint Committee in Prague.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa and Czech Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade Jiri Koliba signed the five-year agreement. (Photo: VNA)

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Ho Thi Kim Thoa and Czech Deputy Minister for Industry and Trade Jiri Koliba attended the signing ceremony. The two sides agreed to strengthen cooperation in mining energy, transportation, education, training, labor, and environmental protection. The sixth session of the joint committee is scheduled to take place in Hanoi in early 2018.