General Secretary visits South Korea: Opening a bright new chapter in Vietnam-South Korea relations

General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the Vietnamese delegation, successfully concluded their state visit to South Korea at the invitation of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and his wife.

During the 4 days, General Secretary To Lam had a very rich and diverse working program with talks, meetings, contacts, and meetings with high-ranking Korean leaders, politicians , economic and cultural organizations, scientists, and meetings with the Vietnamese community and Korean friends.

General Secretary To Lam and his wife with President of the Republic of Korea Lee Jae Myung and his wife. Photo: Office of the President of the Republic of Korea

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said the visit deepened political trust, consolidated good personal relations between the two countries' senior leaders, and reached important common perceptions on comprehensively promoting and deepening the Vietnam-Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Proposal to shift from economic cooperation to economic association

"Impressed by Vietnam's important development achievements, international position and prestige, President Lee Jae Myung emphasized that the great country of Vietnam, the great Vietnamese people, steadfast in the struggle for national liberation, will continue to achieve new miracles in national development," the Deputy Prime Minister said.

Senior leaders of South Korea always consider Vietnam as a leading important partner in implementing foreign policy in the region and expressed their willingness to accompany and support Vietnam in realizing its development goal of becoming a developed, high-income country by 2045.

Vietnam consistently values its relationship with South Korea and hopes that cooperation between the two countries will continue to have new, more substantial, effective, close and sustainable developments...

In the context of many difficulties and instability in the world's politics and economy, General Secretary To Lam proposed to the Korean side to shape a new strategic vision, shifting from economic cooperation to economic linkage between Vietnam and Korea, including promoting cooperation to jointly develop production chains, opening each other's commodity markets and supporting Vietnamese enterprises to participate more deeply in the global supply chain of Korean enterprises...

General Secretary To Lam meets with leaders of several major Korean corporations. Photo: VNA

General Secretary To Lam also called on Korean enterprises to continue to identify Vietnam as a global production base, a strategic destination for building research and development centers, while expanding investment in key areas and building specialized industrial production complexes along the value chain in Vietnam.

The Deputy Prime Minister shared that it is possible to see the enthusiasm and passion of experts, scientists, and businesses from both countries who want to contribute more effectively to the fields of innovation, science and technology in Vietnam and economic links between the two countries.

The leaders of the two countries agreed to make science and technology, innovation, digital transformation and human resource training new pillars of bilateral relations.

The two leaders emphasized that social foundation and people-to-people exchanges are the glue that firmly binds the friendship and understanding between the two countries. On that basis, the two sides pledged to promote cultural cooperation, education, human resource training, people-to-people exchanges, support for Vietnamese-Korean multicultural families, and cooperation between localities of the two countries.

In addition, expanding tourism cooperation as well as simplifying travel procedures for citizens of the two countries.

On the multilateral level, the two sides agreed to cooperate closely and increase mutual support at international and regional forums and organizations...

General Secretary To Lam and delegates perform the inauguration ceremony of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Busan. Photo: Minh Nhat

The Deputy Prime Minister said that General Secretary To Lam’s visit was a great success in all aspects. The two sides signed 50 cooperation documents between ministries, sectors, organizations, businesses and localities of the two countries.

The important results of the visit became a major milestone opening a bright new chapter of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two countries in the new era.

Deputy Prime Minister Bui Thanh Son said that right after the talks with President Lee Jae Myung, General Secretary To Lam requested Vietnamese ministries, sectors, and localities to urgently review and improve the effectiveness of existing cooperation mechanisms and propose expanding and establishing necessary dialogue mechanisms to quickly and conveniently handle issues that may arise.

The two sides will propose directions to soon complete the target of bilateral trade turnover reaching 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable manner.

Korean authorities will share with Vietnam their experience in developing the entertainment industry and support Vietnam in building and implementing a strategy for developing the cultural industry; and support Vietnam in establishing a Vietnamese Cultural Center in Korea.

The two sides will study and coordinate to expand the industries and scale of receiving Vietnamese workers in Korea; strengthen cooperation between Vietnamese educational institutions and leading Korean universities and enterprises to create high-quality human resources...

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