Direct air route hoped to help foster Vietnam-Czech Republic ties
The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Bamboo Airways held a roadshow in Prague on January 15 to introduce Vietnam’s tourism potential and provide information about a direct air route linking the two countries.
Participants in the roadshow pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)
Prague (VNA) – The Vietnamese Embassy in the Czech Republic and the Bamboo Airwaysheld a roadshow in Prague on January 15 to introduce Vietnam’s tourismpotential and provide information about a direct air route linking the twocountries.
With a view to opening a new transport channelbetween Vietnam and the Czech Republic, the Bamboo Airways is working to becomethe first Vietnamese carrier to open a direct air route connecting Hanoi andPrague.
The roadshow in Prague was the first in a seriesof the events that the airline plans to organise in Europe in the coming time.
Vietnamese Ambassador to the Czech Republic HoMinh Tuan said the opening of a direct air route linking the two countries hasbeen mentioned for many times at their leaders’ meetings since 2015.
This year, the bilateral diplomatic relationshipturns 70, and the establishment of this route, which will also the firstconnecting the European nation with ASEAN, will open up many new cooperationopportunities between the two countries, as well as between the Czech Republicand ASEAN, in all fields like tourism, trade and people-to-people exchange, henoted.
Deputy General Director of the Bamboo AirwaysTruong Phuong Thanh said his firm considers Europe a key market in thedevelopment of its flight network and tourism and investment products in 2020.The Czech Republic is one of the first destinations it chooses as gateway toEurope.
Frantisek Chaloupecky, Vice President of theCzech Confederation of Industry and Transport, shared the view that a directair route will help the countries become closer to each other.
The obstacle now is the granting of visas forVietnamese and Czech citizens, but the confederation will work with relevantagencies, especially the Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, tosolve this problem, he added.
In April 2019, in the presence of VietnamesePrime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis, the BambooAirways and the Prague International Airport signed a memorandum ofunderstanding on cooperation. The Vietnamese airline plans to launch the directair route in the second quarter of this year./.
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Participants in the roadshow pose for a photo (Photo: VNA) 
