Vietnam wishes to receive more
businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) in the future, said State
President Nguyen Minh Triet.
While receiving
Managing Director of the Korea Western Power Co., Ltd (KOWEPO) Jung
Sung Jin in Hanoi on March 12, President Triet expressed his delight at
the fine relationship between the two countries over the past time and
affirmed that the RoK is one of the leading foreign investors in
Vietnam .
He stressed that Vietnam is determined to foster its ties with the RoK
in the spirit of the Strategic Cooperative Partnership agreed during
President Lee Myung-bak’s Vietnam official visit in October last year.
Vietnam has a high demand for electricity as it is speeding up its
industrialisation process, he said, adding that KOWEPO’s power projects
in Vietnam are in line with to the country’s investment attraction
strategy.
For his part, Jung shared his assessment of Vietnam as an economic
dragon in Asia that is drawing special attention from foreign
investors, including those from the RoK.
He vowed to boost the rapid and effective implementation of his
company’s existing projects in Vietnam , contributing to strengthening
the relationship between the two countries.
KOWEPO, which boasts its strengths in designing, executing, operating
and maintaining power plants, is paying special attention to the
possibility of investing in the Son My 2 thermoelectric power plant in
the central province of Binh Thuan./.