PM pledges for broader partnership RoK

September 09, 2013 | 19:24

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PM Nguyen Tan Dung on Monday welcomed President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Geun-Hye, expressing hope that the President's visit will create a driving force to bolster strategic partnership between the two nations.

PM Nguyen Tan Dung and Korean President Park Geun-Hye, Ha Noi, September 9, 2013 – Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac

PM Dung pledged that the Vietnamese Government will do its utmost to promote the strategic partnership and launch the signed agreements effectively.

He alluded to the developments in the comprehensive relations in politics, economics, culture and people-to-people exchange.

The RoK currently ranks fourth among the largest trade partners of Vietnam.

In 2012, the two countries' two-way trade turnover reached $21 billion. The RoK’s businesses committed to investing $26 billion in Vietnam.

According to PM Dung, the two sides’ cooperation in some areas remains untapped, in particular economics, trade, investment and labor.

He suggested the Korean President continue giving more attention to increasing bilateral cooperation, pushing up Free Trade Agreement negotiations, helping Vietnamese goods penetrate into the RoK’s market, increasing the official development assistance (ODA) and encouraging Korean businesses to invest in Vietnam.

The Vietnamese leader said he hoped that the RoK will re-receive Vietnamese laborers to work in the country in the near future.

For her side, President Park Geun-Hye highly valued the efforts the Vietnamese Government has made in promoting socio-economic development, especially in poverty reduction.

She believed that a Joint Declaration that is about to sign during the visit will be a landmark in the two nations’ cooperation.

The President pledged to make it easier for Vietnamese goods to be sold in her country and urge relevant agencies to quickly reach an agreement with the Vietnamese side on continuing to recruit Vietnamese workers and enhancing cooperation in science-technology and security-defense.

VGP

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