The Presidential Envoy of the Republic of Korea (RoK), Choi Joong Kyung, has expressed his country’s special interest in industrial and technological cooperation with Vietnam.
Choi, who is RoK Minister of Knowledge Economy, showed the interest during his meeting with Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung in Hanoi on February 25.
He said the RoK will devise plans to encourage young Vietnamese to study technology in the East Asian nation.
PM Dung affirmed that Vietnam is looking forward to stronger cooperation with the RoK in the mentioned areas. He urged relevant agencies of both countries to start talking on the application of RoK’s “ Technology Park ” model in Vietnam.
The RoK minister also met with Cabinet Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Nguyen Xuan Phuc the same day. He proposed that the two countries should intensify exchange of information in order to reach agreements and work out concrete projects of cooperation.
For his part, the host minister asked for RoK’s further assistance in high-quality human resource development, transfer of technological advances and stronger cooperation in information technology, especially the Government e-database project that the two countries have signed.
The RoK is a leading investment partner in Vietnam . The two Asian nations have similar populations of overseas communities in each other’s country, estimated at 100,000. These communities are said to play a role as a bridge of friendship to promote economic cooperation, cultural exchange and mutual understanding and trust./.