Vietnamese community in RoK holds futsal tournament (Photo: VNA) Seoul (VNA) – The second open futsal tournament of the Vietnamese community in Siheung city, Gyeonggi province of the Republic of Korea (RoK), was held on March 31.
The one-day tournament brought together 16 Vietnamesefutsal teams across the RoK, which were divided into four groups. Kwangju FC team won the gold medalwhile Storm FC bagged silver and the bronze medal came to Dat to (homeland)FC.
Chairman of the Vietnamese association inSiheung Le Van Huy said that the sport event is held to welcome the anniversary of the establishment of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union in anattempt to further promote solidarity and community bonds through physical training.
Nearly 300,000 Vietnamese are living and working in theRoK, of whom 70,000 have got married to Koreans.
Vietnamis the RoK’s third largest trade partner, with two-way trade hitting nearly 80billion USD last year. The RoK ranks first among foreign investors inVietnam, with 9,863 investment projects totaling around 90 billion USD and over8,000 companies operating in the Southeast Asian nation.
Last year, Vietnam also welcomed more than 3.5 million Koreanholidaymakers, and there are currently 180,000 Koreans living in the country./.
