1. Vietnamese Minority in the Czech Republic: Development and Dynamics at the Turn of Millenium PaedDr. Jaroslav Dokoupil, Ph.D. & Mgr. Jiří Preis The University of West Bohemia, Plzeň, Czech Republic 4th International Conference on Population Geographies Hong Kong, 10-13 July 2007 Source: ZČUSource: Wikipedia CZ

2. Brief History of Czech-Vietnamese International Relationship -1950 Diplomatic contacts between Czechoslovakia and Vietnam - 1956 The Contract on Economical and Technological cooperation - 1967-70 about 2000 Vietnamese trainees in the Czech companies -1974-78 about 5000 Vietnamese trainees in the Czech companies (six years of training and internship) - 1985 about 27.000 Vietnamese scholarship holders in CZ Map source: CIA World Fact Book

3. Big change: 1989 -1989 Communist regime fell down, borders opened - 1991 free market economy, Vietnamese in market-halls and stalls -2001 Vietnamese in stone shops; value of education Pictures: Czech Radio

4. Spatial distribution of several minorities in the Czech Republic (March 2001) RussianSlovakian Ukrainian Vietnamese Source: Czech Statistical Office Germany

5. Spatial distribution of several minorities in the Czech Republic (March 2001) Hungarian German Polish Gypsy Source: Czech Statistical Office Nationality % of all CZ population Czech94,2 Slovakian1,9 Polish0,5 German0,4 Vietnamese0,2 Chosen nationalities and their ratio in CZ population

6. 1991 2001 Age structure of chosen nationalities in the Czech Republic according to censuses 1991 and 2001 Source of picture: http://beifanchina.com Source of data: Czech Statistical Office

7. 2001 Religious Structure of Chosen Nationalities in the Czech Republic according to the census 2001 Source: Czech Statistical Office

8. 2001 Structure of Education of Chosen Nationalities in the Czech Republic According to the Census 2001 Source: Czech Statistical Office

9. 2001 Employment structure of chosen nationalities in the Czech Republic Source: Czech Statistical Office

10. 2001 Employment in sectors – chosen nationalities in the Czech Republic Source: Czech Statistical Office

11. Regions and Districts of CZ Cheb Plzeň-city The Karlovarský region The Plzeňský region

12. Region/minority CzechSlovakianPolishGermanVietnamese Plzeňský95,41,40,10,40,3 Ústecký92,22,70,21,20,4 Karlovarský87,54,60,12,91,0 Jihočeský95,41,40,10,20,1 Středočeský95,81,40,20,1 Praha93,31,60,10,2 Czech Regions: Chosen Minorities versus Czech Nation (%, 2001) Source: Czech Statistical Office

13. Region, districtForeigners, total Citizenship Viet Nam Abs. Citizenship Viet Nam % The Plzeňský region 13 206 3 298 25,0 Domažlice 1 054 299 28,4 Klatovy 1 481 347 23,4 Plzeň-city 5 357 1 145 21,4 Plzeň-jih 958 142 14,8 Plzeň-sever 1 035 61 5,9 Rokycany 944 43 4,6 Tachov 2 377 1 261 53,1 The Karlovarský region 14 437 7 736 53,6 Cheb 5 823 3 636 62,4 Karlovy Vary 7 185 3 790 52,7 Sokolov 1 429 310 21,7 Chosen Czech Districts: Ratio of Vietnamese and all Foreigners (%, 2001) Source: Czech Statistical Office

14. Source: Foreign Police Office

15. Source: Czech Statistical Office 2007

19. Source: Institute for Information about Education, Prague 2007

21. Summary: What Are the Specifics of Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic? 1)Positive population-geographical traits -progressive age structure -very low unemployment -tertiary sector employment prevails, education grows -really good adaptability to the change of social system 2) Regional-geographical aspects -concentration and development in the border areas, especially with Germany -EU membership of CZ did not stop their activities

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