Prague (VNA) – A ceremony marking the 20thanniversary of Asia Dragon Bazar, a shopping centre of the Vietnamese communityin the Czech Republic, recently took place in Cheb city, Karlovarsky provincebordering with Germany.

Speaking at the event, Vietnamese Ambassador to the CzechRepublic Ho Minh Tuan lauded Asia Dragon for its contributions to the life ofthe overseas Vietnamese in the European country and its border areas inparticular.

He asked the Vietnamese people in Asia Dragon to continuebuilding on the past achievements and look toward the homeland.

Tran Van Dang, General Director of Asia Dragon, said fromits beginning as a wheat field, the centre is now home to over 200 Vietnamese vendorsselling food, apparel, cosmetics, household appliances, mechanical engineeringproducts and electronics.

They raised fund in support of disaster victims at home, hesaid, adding that his company also invested in a wind power project worth 200million USD in Vietnam’s central province of Ha Tinh, which was mentioned in aMemorandum of Understanding during Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to theCzech Republic in April 2019.

The bazar is also a venue for activities during Vietnam’smajor holidays. It also opens two Vietnamese classrooms each Saturday.

Founded on June 12, 1999 on a total area of 13ha, the bazargroups the Vietnamese community’s associations and organisations like theVietnamese association’s chapter, women club, war veterans and Buddhists’chapters.-VNA