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Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in RoK honoured

Vietnamese Ambassador to the Republic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung on October 20 presented Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s certificate of merit to Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK’s Busan-Gyeongnam region Park Soo-kwan in honour of his active and effective contributions to bilateral economic, cultural and educational ties.
Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in RoK honoured ảnh 1Vietnamese Ambassador to the RoK Nguyen Vu Tung (L) presents certificate of merit to Honorary Consul General Park Soo-kwan (Photo: VNA)

Seoul (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to theRepublic of Korea (RoK) Nguyen Vu Tung on October 20 presented Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’scertificate of merit to Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in the RoK’s Busan-Gyeongnamregion Park Soo-kwan in honour of hisactive and effective contributions to bilateral economic, cultural and educationalties.

At the ceremony,Park pledged to do his best to continue contributing to the Vietnam – RoK relationship.

Amid theCOVID-19 pandemic in Vietnam, Park actively joined in pandemic prevention andcontrol, and offered suggestions to the Vietnamese Government, together withthe RoK business community, to ensure the dual goal of fighting the pandemicand restoring economic development.

In his capacityas Honorary Consul General of Vietnam in Busan-Gyeongnam region since 2010, he has worked closely with the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK to bolster bilateral trategic cooperative partnership, especially friendly tiesbetween twin cities of Ho Chi Minh and Busan via trade-investment promotionand exchange activities, and sharing of information on culture and education.

He also supported activities of the Vietnamese community in the RoK. Notably, Vietnam receivedmartime training ship Hannara donated by the RoK Government, thanks to hisassistance.

Earlier in 2021,Park was also awarded with the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State./. 

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