The official visit by Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico marks the first by a foreign government leader after Việt Nam completed the restructuring of its state apparatus following the 14th National Party Congress, and opens up opportunities for more substantive cooperation following previous high-level visits, based on the need to strengthen collaboration and high political trust between the two sides.

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico announced Wednesday that he will travel to Brussels on Thursday to meet with the European Commissioner for Energy about the gas transit issue and "wake him up from his sweet sleep", News.az reports citing Xinhua.

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has spoken about the state of health of the country's Prime Minister Robert Fico, who was assassinated the previous day, News.az reports.