Hanoi, May 15 -- Slovakia regards Vietnam as a top important partner in Asia, Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs Juraj Blanar told Vietnamese Ambassador to Slovakia Pham Truong Giang.

At their May 13 meeting, Giang also affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the traditional friendship and multifaceted cooperation with Slovakia.

The diplomat expressed his belief that the bilateral relationship has much potential for further development in the coming time.

The ambassador said he was delighted to see that Slovakia officially recognised the Vietnamese community as the 14th ethnic minority community in the country in 2023 with core members being former students, interns, researchers, and workers in former Czechoslovakia, ...