NA Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (R) meets with Vietnamese community in RoK (Source: VNA) Seoul (VNA) - National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan on December 5had a meeting with representatives from the Vietnamese Embassy and theVietnamese community living, working and studying in the Republic of Korea aspart of activities in her ongoing visit to the Northeast Asian nation.
During the meeting, the top legislator briefed participants on the fruitfuldevelopment of the Vietnam-RoK relationship and the homeland’s socio-economicdevelopment, politics-diplomacy, education-training and culture-sports inrecent time, saying that Vietnam has made significant achievements in thesespheres.
Vietnam’s economy continuously maintains stable growth, and the national GDP islikely to increase by nearly 7 percent in 2018, she said, adding that attentionhas been paid to promoting sustainable poverty reduction and ensuring socialsecurity.
She highlighted that Vietnam’s role and position has been improved at the regionaland international arena.
NAChairwoman Ngan also asserted that the legislative body always pays heed to buildingand bettering the national legal system, including those that are veryimportant to ensure legitimate rights and interests of citizens such as the revised Law on VietnameseNationality, which allows Vietnamese nationals to have two nationalitiesand can retain the Vietnamese nationality if they desire.
The NA leader appreciated the Vietnamese community in the RoK for its active contributionsto the homeland, especially in charitable programmes and social activities,affirming that those clearly manifest the close solidarity among Vietnameseexpats in the RoK.
Ngan urged the Vietnamese Embassy in the RoK to continue doing well its citizenprotection work, while calling on OVs to strictly abide by the host country’slaws.
On the occasion, she presented the Labour Order,second class, to Vietnamese Ambassadorto the RoK Nguyen Vu Tu in recognition of his achievements when he was thedirector of the Department of External Affairs of Ho Chi MinhCity from 2011-2015.-VNA
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