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RoK legislative leader welcomed in HCM City

Le Thanh Hai, Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee hosted a reception for Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chung Ui-hwa on March 20.
Le Thanh Hai, Politburo member and Secretary of Ho Chi Minh City PartyCommittee hosted a reception for Speaker of the National Assembly of theRepublic of Korea (RoK) Chung Ui-hwa on March 20.

Ho Chi Minh City has long cemented a close relationship with a numberof localities in the RoK, particularly the 20-year ties with Busancity, Hai said.

He noted that the RoK is one ofthe biggest foreign investors in his city and more opportunities forcooperation are to open up as the two countries have concludednegotiations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, paving the wayfor official signing.

For his part,Chung Ui-hwa shared his impression on the rapid growth of Vietnam’ssouthern economic hub in recent years and agreed on enhancingcooperation between the RoK with HCM City, especially in sectors ofcommon interest.

The same day, Chung met withstudents from the Ho Chi Minh University of Social Sciences andHumanities, the top provider of training courses in Korean in Vietnam,graduating over 2,000 students in the past two decades.-VNA
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