Hanoi, April 13 -- Vietnam and Slovakia have issued a joint statement on the establishment of a strategic partnership on the occasion of the official visit to Vietnam from April 12 to 14 by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico.

The following is the full text of the joint statement.

JOINT STATEMENT

ON THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP

BETWEEN

THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM

AND

THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC

At the invitation of H.E. Le Minh Hung, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, H.E. Robert Fico, Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, paid an official visit to Viet Nam from 12 to 14 April 2026.

Since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1950, Viet Nam and Slovakia have developed a traditional friendsh...