Delegation of Bonghwa district (Korea) visits and works in Bac Ninh province

05/11/2018 08:14

(BNP) – In the morning of November 2nd, a delegation of Bonghwa district, Gyeongsangbuk province (Korea) led by Mr. Um Tae Hang, Head of Bonghwa district visited and worked in Bac Ninh provine. Welcoming the delegation were. Mr. Nguyen Tu Quynh, Deputy Secretary of Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of Provincial People’s Committee.

Chairman Nguyen Tu Quynh takes a photo with the Delegation.

Speaking at the meeting, Mr. Um Tae Hang expressed his gratitude to Chairman Nguyen Tu Quynh for his warm welcome. He also thanked provincial leaders for facilitating Bonghwa district and Tu Son town to sign a friendly exchange agreement on all fields including economy, culture, and education and so on.

He said that the district is preparing the necessary conditions to build a Vietnamese village project in Bonghwa district. It is expected that the project will be started in early 2019 with a total capital of USD 40 million with the main works such as Ly Dynasty relics, Quan họ folk village, Vietnam traditional house…. If the project complete and put into operation, it will contribute to the promotion of Vietnamese culture and help Korean people as well as the descendants of the Ly dynasty in Korea to better understand the customs of the Vietnamese people, thereby, tightening the friendship between the two countries.

He also expressed his hope to receive comments from Bac Ninh province for the project because it is a key project of the exchange program between Korea and Vietnam.

Also at the working session, Chairman Nguyen Tu Quynh briefed on some socio-economic achievements of Bac Ninh in a few past years to the delegation. Bac Ninh is among provinces obtaining fast socio-economic development with many leading indicators in the country. It has currently attracted more than 1,200 foreign enterprises from 33 countries and territories, of which, there are 400 Korean enterprises.

Through the friendly exchange agreement between Tu Son town and Bonghwa district, the Chairman highly appreciated the cooperation between the two localities. Based on the traditional relationship, the two provinces need to have more cooperation programs, contributing to the cooperation between South Korea and Bac Ninh province in the coming time, he added.

Besides, the Chairman desired Bonghwa province to thoroughly study customs, habits and famous places associated with the outstanding architecture of Bac Ninh province such as Den Do Temple, But Thap Pagoda ... to carry out the project, contributing to advertising the culture of Vietnam in general and Bac Ninh province in particular to Korea.