Bac Ninh leaders participate in activities during President's visit to Korea

Permanent Vice Chairman Vuong Quoc Tuan (first from left) and the high-ranking delegation of the National Assembly of Vietnam visit the Vietnam Embassy in Korea.

Participants at the meeting were Permanent Vice Chairman of Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee Vuong Quoc Tuan.

While the meeting with leaders of Hyosung Group, NA Chairman Hue emphasized that Vietnam is now transitioning to a new status in the direction of adapting to the epidemic as well as set a goal by the end of this year to cover 100 % of Covid-19 vaccine for people 18 years of age and older.

NA Chairman Hue proposed the Hyosung Group to closely coordinate with the Ministry of Planning and Investment to accelerate the appraisal of the expanded Tam Thang Industrial Park project, and work with the Ministry of Finance and relevant agencies to proactively remove obstacles in tax refund. On the other hand, the construction of the Ring Road No.3 project's Tan Van - Nhon Trach section is expected to start in the first quarter of next year, he said.

In Bac Ninh province, Hyosung TNS Company is a subsidiary of Hyosung Group, which is investing in a factory of specializing in ATM machine production, financial and banking software production (in Yen Phong II-C Industrial Park) with a total investment of more than USD 110 million.

*National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue hosted a reception for representatives of Vietnamese Ly family in the Republic of Korea on December 14^th. Permanent Vice Chairman of Bac Ninh Provincial People’s Committee also attended the reception.

NA Chairman Hue expressed his emotion to meet and talk with the descendants of the Ly family. At the same time, he informed about the situation of prevention and control of the Covid-19 epidemic in the country.

On behalf of the Ly Hoa Son family, Chairman of the Vietnamese-Korean Association Ly Huan thanked Hue for spending time to the descendants of the Ly family in the context of the complicated development of the Covid-19 epidemic. Descendants of the Ly family will support the Vietnamese in Korea and when the flight is resumed, the descendants of the Ly Hoa Son family will be the first to return to their homeland, Huan added.

*National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 14 attended a ceremony to put up the nameplate of the new headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul.

Meeting with the embassy’s staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the RoK, Hue briefed them on the outcomes of his official visit to the RoK,

The Vietnamese Party and State pay due attention to Vietnamese communities abroad, including Vietnamese in the RoK, he said, adding that the RoK gives special heed to the Vietnamese community in the country.

The headquarters and housing project of the Vietnam Embassy in Korea has a ceramic wall from Bac Ninh province, which describes the Vietnamese countryside landscape, with cultural and religious works, scenes of banyan trees, water wharf, communal courtyard, the scene of Quan ho singing in Bac Ninh, etc.

He informed that from January 1, 2022, the Vietnamese Government will pilot the resumption of a number of international commercial flights, including those to Seoul, and the Vietnamese and RoK Governments are working to reach mutual recognition of vaccine passports.