Hai Phong (VNA) – The Vietnam-Korea tradepromotion week will take place in the northern port city of Hai Phong fromSeptember 1-10, toward celebrating the 31st anniversary ofVietnam-Republic of Korea (RoK) diplomatic ties.
The event aims to enhance the linkages between trade and investment promotion activities, contributing to popularising the culture, tourism,history and people of the two countries, raising their mutual understandingand tightening Vietnam-RoK strategic cooperative partnership and ties betweenHai Phong and the RoK in particular.
Close to 100 booths will be open at theevent, including 16 displaying Vietnamese and Korean products and 72 introducing Vietnamese and Korean cuisine, specialties and beverages. Playing areasand interactive zones for both children and adults, along with cultural activities, are also part of the week.
The RoK now invests in 105 projects worthabout 9.97 billion USD in Hai Phong, leading in both volume and value of FDI projects in thecity. Last year, these projects generated 14.5 billion USD in revenue, earned 13.5 billion USD from exports, contributed 3.57 trillion VND (155.2 millionUSD) to the budget and generated jobs to 41,000 workers.
Most of the RoK’s projects in Hai Phong are high-techand effective. Additionally, Korean is chosen as one of the foreignlanguages to be taught in several schools in the city./.