This information was mentioned by Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son when sharing with the press about the results of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's official visit to Korea.
The visit takes place from June 30 to July 3, at the invitation of his counterpart Han Duck Soo. “This is the first visit to Korea by a senior Vietnamese leader since the two countries upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership and the first visit to Korea by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh as head of the Government,” Mr. Son emphasized.
Important meaning, rich program, substantial results
Summarizing the results of the visit, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son emphasized the important mark with "important significance, rich program, extensive content, and substantial results".
During the working trip, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a dense, rich, and diverse working program with 34 activities with politicians, economists, experts, scientists, friendship organizations, and non-governmental organizations, according to Minister Bui Thanh Son.
He recalled that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had talks with South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck Soo and witnessed the handover ceremony of cooperation documents signed between ministries and sectors of the two countries; met with President Yoon Suk Yeol and National Assembly Chairman Woo Won Shik.
The Vietnamese Government leaders also attended and spoke at three forums on economy, labor, tourism and culture; attended and spoke at two seminars with leading Korean economic organizations and with Korean experts and scientists in the fields of semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI).
In addition, the Prime Minister also delivered a policy speech at Seoul National University in Korea, Samsung Semiconductor Complex, received leaders of major Korean corporations, visited the Embassy, met with the Vietnamese community in Korea, and visited the Vietnamese-Korean multicultural family.
"During the working trip, the ministers and local leaders participating in the delegation also had dozens of meetings and worked with their counterparts," Mr. Son added.
Success in 5 aspects
Analyzing in depth the results achieved after Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's visit to Korea, the Minister of Foreign Affairs emphasized success in five aspects.
Firstly, the visit achieved many important and substantive results, including the leaders of the two countries agreeing to issue a joint press release after the talks with eight major contents outlining the progress of the Vietnam-Korea cooperative relationship.
Ministries, sectors and businesses of the two countries signed 40 cooperation documents in the fields of digital transformation, renewable energy, green transformation, climate change, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, cooperation between small and medium enterprises, cultural cooperation, tourism, etc.
Second, the working trip deepens political trust and consolidates good personal relations between the two countries' senior leaders.
“The leaders of the two countries affirmed their determination to implement high-level agreements, bringing the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership to practical, effective and long-term development,” Minister Bui Thanh Son shared.
According to him, the Korean leader affirmed that Vietnam is the focus in implementing Korea's foreign policies in the region, including the Indo-Pacific Strategy and the ASEAN-Korea Solidarity Initiative (KASI).
On the Vietnamese side, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that Vietnam supports Korea's development policies and goals, including the "Global Key Country" policy.
Third, the working trip achieved many substantive results, especially in the fields of economic, trade and investment cooperation, thereby contributing to the implementation of the contents of the Action Program for June 2023.
The two sides affirmed that economic cooperation is one of the top important pillars in cooperation between the two countries.
The two countries also agreed to jointly implement specific measures to soon complete the goal of increasing bilateral trade turnover to 100 billion USD by 2025 and towards the target of 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable manner.
The Korean leader affirmed that he will continue to consider Vietnam a strategic partner in development cooperation (ODA) and will support capacity building for Vietnamese enterprises to participate more deeply in the production supply chain of Korean enterprises.
In addition, according to Minister Son, at the Vietnam - Korea Business Forum and the Dialogue with leading Korean economic organizations on energy and finance, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared the situation and orientation for Vietnam's economic development.
The Prime Minister asked Korean businesses to continue expanding their investment in Vietnam, and witnessed the signing of 23 cooperation documents between businesses and localities of the two countries on cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, healthcare, education, semiconductors, energy and strengthening cooperation between Vietnamese localities and Korean businesses.
According to the Foreign Minister, Korean businesses highly appreciate Vietnam’s safe and stable investment environment and the large room for cooperation. They also expressed their desire to invest in areas such as supporting industries, digital transformation, green economy, semiconductors, environmentally friendly energy, biotechnology, 5G networks, smart cities, etc. in Vietnam.
The fourth aspect of success, according to the Foreign Minister, is promoting cooperation in human resources, labor, culture and tourism. Both sides affirmed that labor cooperation brings benefits to both sides.
Vietnamese workers in Korea are hard-working, diligent, highly skilled, and creative, and are increasingly contributing significantly to the socio-economic development of both countries.
Korea also pledged to support Vietnam in training workers in the industrial sector, creating a favorable environment for Vietnamese workers to live and work stably and conveniently in Korea.
In addition, the two countries agreed to strengthen cultural, tourism and educational cooperation towards the goal of people-to-people exchange between the two countries reaching 5 million people.
During meetings with senior Korean leaders, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh proposed simplifying visa procedures and moving towards visa exemption for Vietnamese citizens entering Korea, contributing to promoting tourism cooperation and strengthening cooperation between localities of the two countries.
Fifthly, Minister Son said that the working trip opened up many opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in a number of new areas such as innovation, high technology, renewable energy, digital transformation, green transformation, climate change response, semiconductors and artificial intelligence (AI).
The Korean leaders hope that the two sides will cooperate to soon create substantial results in this field, agreeing to study the exchange mechanism on directions and specific projects that can be implemented in the fields of semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and human resource training in the field of innovation.
According to Mr. Son, Korea committed to supporting Vietnam with 30 million USD in 4 years to carry out the R&D research and development project, and continue to implement phase 2 of the Vietnam - Korea Institute of Science and Technology VKIST project.
“Korea affirmed that it will support Vietnam to successfully organize the Partnership Summit for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 in April 2025,” Minister Bui Thanh Son informed.
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