Minister Phan Van Giang thanked Prime Minister Han Duck-soo for taking the time to receive the delegation. On this occasion, Minister Phan Van Giang conveyed the greetings of Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh to Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.
Welcoming General Phan Van Giang on his first official friendly visit to Korea as Vietnam's Minister of National Defense, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo said that the visit has special significance as Vietnam and Korea have just upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership (December 2022).
Prime Minister Han Duck-soo emphasized that Korea considers Vietnam one of its most important partners in the region; wishes to expand cooperation with Vietnam in many areas such as diplomacy, economy, etc.; hopes that the two countries will continue to strengthen defense cooperation, including defense industry. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo also asked the Vietnamese Government to support Korea in hosting the Busan Expo 2030.
Speaking at the meeting, Minister Phan Van Giang said that Vietnam and Korea have a long history of people-to-people exchange; Vietnam always attaches importance to comprehensive and trustworthy cooperation with Korea. Since the two countries established diplomatic relations, bilateral relations have developed rapidly in many fields. In particular, the upgrading of the relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership has created momentum to promote the Vietnam-Korea relationship to become increasingly deeper and more effective. In that context, defense relations have also been of interest to both sides, promoted, and achieved many practical results, especially maintaining mechanisms for delegation exchanges, cooperation between forces, and human resource training, etc.
Minister Phan Van Giang informed Prime Minister Han Duck-soo of the good results of his talks with Minister of National Defense Lee Jong-sup. The two sides assessed the results of defense cooperation in the past and agreed on measures to further promote defense cooperation in the coming time, commensurate with the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries. Regarding the issue of overcoming the consequences of war, Minister Phan Van Giang hoped that the Government and relevant agencies of the Republic of Korea would pay attention to supporting Vietnam in overcoming the consequences of the war. This is a humanitarian issue that the Government and people of Vietnam are very concerned about.
Minister Phan Van Giang also hopes that Prime Minister Han Duck-soo will continue to pay attention and support so that the two countries' Defense Ministries can cooperate more practically and effectively in the coming time.
During the visit, Minister Phan Van Giang visited Hanwha Group.
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