Hanoi, March 27 -- Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his hope that the Czech Republic's Skoda Auto a.s. would help develop Vietnam's automotive industry ecosystem at a reception in Hanoi on March 27 for its Chairman and CEO Klaus Zellmer.

PM Chinh encouraged the company to manufacture not only passenger cars but also other types of vehicles, engines, and components for automobile factories in Vietnam, leveraging the country as a strategic base to expand its reach across Southeast Asia.

Recalling their discussions in Prague in January during the PM's official visit to the Czech Republic, he welcomed the official inauguration of Thanh Cong Viet Hung auto plant on March 26, hailing it as a concrete step forward in the Vietnam-Czech ...