Chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan (left) and President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in in a meeting in Seoul on December 6. (Photo: VNA)Seoul (VNA) – The meeting between Chairwoman of theVietnamese National Assembly Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan and President of the Republicof Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in in Seoul on December 6 has grabbed the headlines ofthe Korean media.
NA Chairwoman Ngan is on a four-day visit to the RoK from December 4 atthe invitation of Speaker of the National Assembly Moon Hee-sang.
Yonhap News Agency and major news outlets – Korea Times, Korea Heraldand Seoul Times – reported stories and photos about the meeting between theVietnamese top legislator and the RoK president at the presidential officeCheong Wa Dae which aimed to discuss ways to further enhance the two countries’bilateral relationship.
While meeting with the NA chairwoman, President Moon emphasised theimportance of Vietnam to the RoK in a variety of fields, ranging from educationto investment to personal exchanges, the newspapers said.
Vietnam is the RoK’s largest trading partner in Southeast Asia and itsfourth largest in the world, with the two-way trade hitting 63.9 billion USDlast year, they noted.
During Moon’s visit to Vietnam in March, he and Vietnamese PresidentTran Dai Quang agreed to raise their bilateral trade to over 100 billion USD by2020.
According to the media, Moon expressed his satisfaction with theprogress the two countries have been making on various issues agreed upon betweenthe two leaders in March, saying the relationship between Vietnam and the RoKis “very good in every aspect” and Ngan’s visit will help strengthen the already strongbilateral relations.
“There are many Vietnamese people living in Korea, and they are making greatcontributions to the growth of the Korean economy as well as enriching Koreanculture,” the Korea Herald quoted the president as saying.
Yonhap News also posted photos on National Assembly Chairwoman NguyenThi Kim Ngan witnessing the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding on anaction plan towards the target of 100 billion USD in bilateral trade by 2020.The agreement was signed by Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran TuanAnh and his Korean counterpart Sung Yun-mo on December 6.
Ngan’s business luncheon meeting with Chairman of the Federation of KoreanIndustries (FKI) Huh Chang-soo on December 6 and her meeting with vice chairmanof the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kim Jun-dong prior to attending aKorea – Vietnam investment forum on December 7 were also highlighted in photosby the news agency. –VNA
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