Chairman of the RoK-Vietnam Parliamentary Friendship Group Kim Hak-yong addresses the exchange in Hanoi on January 18 (Photo: quochoi.vn) Hanoi (VNA) – Parliamentarians of Vietnam and theRepublic of Korea (RoK) held an exchange programme in Hanoi on January 18 todiscuss cooperation between the two countries in various fields.
Chairman of the Vietnam-RoK ParliamentaryFriendship Group Tran Van Tuy, who is Chairman of the Vietnamese NationalAssembly (NA)’s Committee for Deputy Affairs, said the two countries’parliaments signed a cooperation agreement for the first time in 2009 so as toelevate bilateral ties to a new height. This deal was renewed in 2013 and isbeing implemented effectively, he said.
This exchange programme was an activityfacilitated by the two sides’ parliamentary leaders, Tuy noted.
Chairman of the RoK-Vietnam ParliamentaryFriendship Group Kim Hak-yong, who is also head of the RoK NA’s Environment andLabour Committee, said that since their diplomatic ties were set up in 1992,the bilateral relations have been continuously enhanced in all aspects, fromeconomy and culture to tourism and people-to-people exchange.
There are about 150,000 Koreans in Vietnam and170,000 Vietnamese in the RoK at present. Notably, with the success ofVietnam’s national men’s football team as coached by Korean national ParkHang-seo, people-to-people exchange has been developing strongly, he noted.
At the exchange, participants looked intobilateral cooperation in economy, trade, investment, labour, culture, sports,and tourism, and discussed collaboration between the Vietnamese and Koreanlegislators in the time ahead.
They agreed to continue cooperation activitiesas agreed by their parliamentary leaders. In particular, the two sides willincrease delegation exchanges and sharing experience in legislative andsupervisory activities. They will also promote the two Governments’implementation of signed agreements and strengthen coordination and mutualsupport at regional and international inter-parliamentary forums.
Later the same day, the legislators of Vietnamand the RoK joined together in a friendly football match at Hang Day Stadium inHanoi.–VNA
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