Thanh Hoa will create the best possible conditions for Korean businesses and partners, Hung pledged.
The RoK government has also launched five ODA projectsin Thanh Hoa, worth some 135 million USD, focusing on health care, education,transport and urban development.
Many of the projects are operating successfully,notably the 1,200 MW Nghi Son 2 BOT Thermal Power Plant with investment ofnearly 2.8 billion USD, half of which comes from the Korea ElectricityCorporation.
The first turbine of the plant has been put intooperation, churning out around 3.9 billion kWh each year. The second turbine isscheduled to be operational in July.
According to Jubok Lee, Deputy GeneralDirector of Nghi Son 2 Power Limited Liability Company, Thanh Hoa has takensolutions to help the company deal with difficulties during the construction,thus ensuring the project progress.
Apart from the RoK-invested projects, 88 enterprisesin Thanh Hoa have also exported their products to the RoK, with a combined valueof more than 408 million USD last year.
Thanh Hoa and Seongnam city of the RoK’s Gyeonggi provincehave also maintained their friendship through cooperation documents since 2013,covering such spheres as economy, technology, infrastructure development,people-to-people diplomacy, development assistance and humanitarian aid.
Between 2013 and 2017, Seongnam’s authorities provided Thanh Hoa with 290,000 USD through non-governmental organisations to help the province upgrade infrastructure in local schools. In 2021 alone, the RoK city financed 13 projects valued at 1.84 million USD in Thanh Hoa./.