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President Truong Tan Sang receives Busan mayor

The Vietnam - RoK relations have been further cemented over the recent past by the exchange of visits of not only high-ranking officials, but also representatives of ministries, businesses and peoples of the two countries.
The Vietnam - Republic of Korearelations have been further cemented over the recent past by theexchange of visits of not only high-ranking officials, but alsorepresentatives of ministries, businesses and peoples of the twocountries.

So said President Truong Tan Sang inHanoi on April 3 while receiving Mayor of RoK’s Busan city Hur Nam Sik,who is leading a delegation of businesspeople and intellectuals on aworking visit to Vietnam .

The similarities andharmony in the life and culture of the Vietnamese community in the Rokand of the Korean community in Vietnam are positive and specialmanifestations of the bilateral diplomatic relations, the Presidentsaid.

The leader asked the RoK government and Busanauthorities to further facilitate the Vietnamese in the country tointegrate into the local community, and affirmed that the VietnameseState stands ready to assist the RoK businesses to operate in Vietnamjust as in their own home country.

For his part,Mayor Hur affirmed that Busan authorities hope to have more relations invarious fields with many of Vietnam ’s cities besides Ho Chi MinhCity , with which they have enjoyed close relations over the past twodecades.

He also asked the President to help furtherstrengthen the relations between Vietnam and the RoK, includingthose with Busan.-VNA

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