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Party General Secretary and State President receives Korean minister

Vietnam attaches great importance to its relationship with the RoK and wishes to further foster the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, especially in politics, economy, trade, investment, science and technology, culture, and people-to-people exchanges, said Party General Secretary and State President To Lam.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam (right) and visiting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Yun-duk. (Photo: VNA)
Party General Secretary and State President To Lam (right) and visiting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Yun-duk. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Party General Secretary and State President To Lam hosted a reception for visiting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Yun-duk in Hanoi on July 30, showing a desire to further strengthen the bilateral relationship.

During the meeting, the top Vietnamese leader expressed confidence that Kim’s working visit will contribute to further strengthening economic cooperation in particular and the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the two nations in general.

He took the occasion to extend his warm regards to RoK President Lee Jae Myung, believing that under Lee's leadership, the RoK will achieve greater achievements in the time ahead.​

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Party General Secretary and State President To Lam (right) hosts a reception for visiting Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Yun-duk in Hanoi on July 30.
 (Photo: VNA)

General Secretary and President Lam showed satisfaction with the substantive progress in bilateral ties in recent times, affirming that Vietnam attaches great importance to its relationship with the RoK and wishes to further foster the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, especially in politics, economy, trade, investment, science and technology, culture, and people-to-people exchanges.

He stressed the importance of achieving the two-way trade target of 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable manner, expressing his hope that the RoK will continue to accompany Vietnam in implementing its national development strategies.

Welcoming the close cooperation between the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction and the RoK Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the host called on the two ministries to step up experience sharing and practical cooperation in infrastructure development, renewable energy, shipbuilding technology and high-quality human resources development, which are among Vietnam's priority development areas in the new era.

For his part, Kim conveyed President Lee's best regards to the top Vietnamese leader and other senior Vietnamese leaders.

Congratulating Vietnam on its recent socio-economic development achievements, Kim expressed his belief that under General Secretary and President Lam’s leadership, Vietnam will continue to make new progress towards its goals of becoming a developing country with modern industry by 2030 and a high-income developed nation by 2045.

The guest presented a letter from President Lee to the top Vietnamese leader, reaffirming the RoK's desire to further promote bilateral cooperation.

The letter underscored the RoK's readiness to share its development experience in areas where it has strengths and Vietnam has demand, affirming that the RoK will remain one of Vietnam's reliable partners in implementing its national development goals in the future./.

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