Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia visited FPT

On November 5, a high level delegation led by Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Slovak Republic Mr. Miroslav Lajcak made a meeting and worked with FPT Software HCM at F-Town building, District 9, HCM.

08/11/2014

During the official visit to Vietnam, the high-level delegation head by Deputy Prime Minister cum Minister of Foreign Affairs of Slovakia Republic Mr. Miroslav Lajcak made a meeting and worked with FPT Software.

This activity was within the framework of the delegation’s official visit to Vietnam from November 4 to 6. FPT Software was the only Vietnamese entrepreneur to be visited by the Deputy Prime Minister of Slovakia visit during his travel on official business.

Deputy General Director of FPT Software cum Director FPT Slovakia Nguyen Khai Hoan, Director of FPT Software HCM Nguyen Duc Quynh and company staff welcomed the delegation.

At the meeting, Mr. Hoan made an overview of FPT, FPT Software and other member companies. The leader of FPT Software also expressed gratitude to the Government of Slovakia for supporting the company in the procedures to establish FPT Slovakia as well as entry and exit procedures of FPT employees.

FPT Software expected that in 2015, all turnovers from European market would account about 20% of the total revenue and FPT Slovakia would make a remarkable contribution to this goal. Recently, FPT Slovakia reached agreements to provide services under long-term contracts worth tens of millions of dollars to customers of RWE – the leading energy group in Europe.

Mr. Miroslav Lajcak pressed the cooperative relationship between Vietnam and Slovakia for almost 60 years. The Government of Slovakia spent over USD 200 million encouraging foreign enterprises to invest in this country. At now, Slovakia was recognized as a major investor of the European Union (EU) in Vietnam.

He highly appreciated FPT’s operational expansion to Slovakia and promised that the Government would do its best to support such investors as FPT.

In the framework of the official visit to Vietnam, Mr. Miroslav Lajcak also attended the Vietnam-Slovakia Business Forum by the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI), having official talks with Vietnamese Government leaders and joined the Slovakia - Vietnam photo exhibition etc.