Standing Vice Chairman Vuong Quoc Tuan joins high-ranking Vietnamese delegation for official visit to Korea

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Korean friends.

The Prime Minister and his spouse are accompanied by leaders of a number of ministries, branches and local agencies.

Mr. Vuong Quoc Tuan, Alternate Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee also joined the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation.

This is Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's first official visit to South Korea and marks the first visit by a senior Vietnamese leader since the two countries upgraded their relationship to a “Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” in 2022. The visit also follows the State visit by South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol to Vietnam in June 2023.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets with Korean friends.

*Immediately after arriving in Seoul to begin his official visit to Korea, on the afternoon of June 30, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with 70 Korean delegates representing associations, non-governmental organizations, Korean people's organizations, and outstanding individuals who have made many contributions to the Vietnam-Korea relationship.

At the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh expressed his emotion at the affection of Korean friends for the people and country of Vietnam. At the same time, he sent General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's best wishes and thanks to Korean friends—those who have inherited, nurtured, and continuously contributed to the Vietnam-Korea relationship over the past 30 years, especially thanking Mr. Cho Chul-hyeon, author of the book "Vietnamese General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong," which has just been published.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (sitting in the front row, second from left) attends the meeting.

The Prime Minister reiterated the Vietnam-Korea relationship as well as the friendship and connection between Vietnam and Korea. He thanked and highly appreciated the contributions of Vietnamese and Korean people's organizations and non-governmental organizations in organizing many highly effective activities and promoting exchanges and cooperation between the people and businesses of the two countries, contributing to connecting and creating a solid social foundation for the strong development of the relationship between the two countries over the past time.

In the coming time, the Prime Minister suggested that Korean friends continue to expand and innovate exchange and cooperation activities, further promote their role as a bridge, thereby, contributing to fostering the relationship between the two countries.

The Prime Minister also called on Korean investors, businesses, and people to continue to show affection for Vietnam and to turn affection into specific cooperation projects and programs with the motto "what is said is done, what is committed must be done" ,"clear people, clear work, clear time, clear products, and specific results", "listen and understand together, share vision and action together, work together, win together, enjoy together, and develop together", "harmonize benefits, share risks.".

Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan (first from left) meets and discusses with Korean friends.

*On the evening of June 30, in Seoul, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his spouse along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation met with officials and staff of the Embassy, Vietnamese representative agencies, and representatives from the Vietnamese community in Korea.

Speaking at the meeting, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sent wishes of good health and success from General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong to the Vietnamese community in Korea.

The Prime Minister affirmed that our party and state always consider the overseas Vietnamese community an inseparable part of the Vietnamese ethnic community. This viewpoint has been concretized and codified in many laws, most recently the laws on land, real estate, credit institutions, etc., to facilitate overseas Vietnamese returning home and contributing to the country.

On behalf of the government, the Prime Minister acknowledged the great and high-quality contributions of the Vietnamese community in Korea to the Fatherland and to the bilateral relationship. He praised and hoped that the Embassy would always be a warm home for overseas Vietnamese. The Prime Minister noted that there should be a hotline to promptly support overseas Vietnamese when there are problems.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan attends the meeting with the Embassy and representatives from the Vietnamese community in Korea.

*Currently, Korea continues to hold the position of Vietnam's leading economic partner and the largest investor in Vietnam. In Bac Ninh, there are currently 963 projects by Korean investors with a total capital of USD 14.63 billion, ranking 1st out of 41 countries and territories investing in the province.

In recent times, Bac Ninh province has also organized working delegations to visit and promote investment in many countries around the world. From the beginning of 2024 to now, the province has issued new licenses to 244 projects with a total registered investment capital of USD 1,101.84 million and adjusted capital for 87 projects with an increased adjusted capital of USD 1,526.1 million.

In June 2024, Bac Ninh province issued new investment registrations for 42 projects with a total registered investment capital of USD 440.99 million and adjusted capital for 17 projects with an increased adjusted capital of USD 1,080.51 million.

Up to now, Bac Ninh province has issued investment registrations for 2,347 valid projects, with total registered investment capital after adjustment and capital contribution, share purchase, and capital contribution reaching USD 27,673.24 million.