Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (right, front) and RoK President Yoon Suk Yeol attend the Vietnam-RoK Business Forum in June. (Photo: VNA) Talking to Vietnam News Agency, Beak highlighted Vietnam’s upgrade of its ties to a comprehensivestrategic partnership level with the US in September and Japan in November.
Along with the previously established comprehensivestrategic partnership frameworks with China, Russia, and the RoK, newdevelopments in 2023 show that Vietnam is continuing to pursue a balancedforeign policy, imbued with the identity of "bamboo diplomacy".
According to the expert on Vietnamesestudies, strengthening diplomatic relations with the US and Japan helps Vietnampromote cooperation in various fields such as trade and technology, andexchange culture and human resources, thus opening up new opportunities andboosting the country’s economic growth.
In the context of US-China trade competition, Vietnam's strategic role as animportant link in the global supply chain is being further promoted, and thecountry is also considered a good destination attracting foreign investmentinto Southeast Asia, Beak stated.
He said that an important result in upgrading relations between Vietnamand the US is that the two sides agreed to cooperate in developing science andtechnology and the semiconductor industry. As a result, Vietnam will have favourableconditions to develop training of highly skilled human resources, digitaleconomy and green economy, and to focus on artificial intelligence (AI), energytransition and health care.
As for its relations with Japan, cooperatingwith Vietnam helps Japan diversify its supply chain, and reduce dependence onChina, while Vietnam can also diversify markets and supply sources, and reduceexcessive dependence on one partner.
A show of traditional costumes of Vietnam and the RoK at Vietnam-RoK festival in Da Nang city. (Photo: VNA) It is necessary to have officialinformation exchange channels to help minimise false and negative informationrelated to economic issues and multicultural families, and increase positiveinformation to enhance mutual understanding, he said.
In cooperation towards the future, the roleof the young generation of the two countries is very important, contributing topromoting the bilateral relationship. Therefore, supporting the development of the Vietnameselanguage and Vietnamese studies is also important in promoting further interestin this language and Vietnamese people in the RoK, Beak added./.
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