Viet Nam treasures strategic cooperative partnership with RoK: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh
Viet Nam always attaches importance to the Strategic Cooperative Partnership with the Republic of Korea (RoK) and is ready to work closely with the RoK to optimise existing mechanisms between the two countries to elevate bilateral cooperation, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told RoK Ambassador to Viet Nam Park Noh-wan.
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| Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right) and RoK Ambassador to Viet Nam Park Noh-wan at the reception. (Photo: VNA) |
The Vietnamese Government leader suggested the two sides maintain the exchange of delegations and high-level meetings in flexible forms, and promote people-to-people diplomacy for better mutual understanding and trust.
He thanked the RoK Government and businesses for their support for Viet Nam in the fight against COVID-19, and expressed the hope that the RoK side will continue to cooperate with and support Viet Nam in combating COVID-19, especially in terms of accessing vaccine supplies and medicines for COVID-19 treatment, developing pharmaceutical industry, and improving medical capacity.
Regarding economic cooperation, PM Chinh wished that the two sides would continue to encourage Korean businesses to invest more in Viet Nam.
He suggested that the two sides consider the early resumption of commercial flights and recognition of each other's vaccine passports for resuming economic activities between the two countries. He called on the RoK side to create favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community in the country.
For his part, Ambassador Park Noh-wan praised Viet Nam’s recent flexible, effective and appropriate COVID-19 prevention measures, especially in responding to the fourth wave of outbreaks, towards the goal of "safe adaptation to pandemic".
He announced that the RoK government will donate 1.1 million doses of the Astra Zeneca vaccine to Viet Nam, and this batch of vaccines is expected to arrive in Viet Nam on October 13.
The RoK will continue to consider more medical assistance, including vaccines, for Viet Nam in the near future, he said, affirming that Viet Nam is one of the most important partners of the RoK.
The ambassador noted that despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic, two-way trade between Viet Nam and the RoK still grew 18 percent, and Viet Nam remains an attractive and safe destination for RoK investors. The RoK's new investment in Viet Nam this year surged by 24 percent over the previous year.
He said the RoK side wants to lift the relations between the two countries to a new height on the occasion of the 30th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties.
He took the occasion to convey the RoK Prime Minister's invitation to visit the RoK to PM Chinh.
(Source: VNA)
