RoK’s President-elect Invites the Vietnamese President to Visit in 2022

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has held phone talks with President-elect of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk-yeol on March 23, reported VNA Wednesday.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc holds phone talks with the RoK’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. Photo: VNA

The Vietnamese President was the sixth foreign leader to speak with Yoon since his election on March 10 after US President Joe Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

President Phuc highlighted important achievements the two countries have achieved in bilateral and multilateral fields during the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992.

The two countries become each other's strategic cooperative partners with an increasingly deep level of mutual trust and understanding, and practical and expanded cooperation, he said.

The State leader thanked the RoK government for actively donating medical equipment and vaccines to support Vietnam's fight against the Covid-19 pandemic in recent times.

For his part, President Yoon affirmed that the RoK always attaches importance to the relationship with Vietnam, which, he said, is at its best ever.

He also expressed his hope that that the two nations will further promote cooperative ties in the coming time, including tourism and people-to-people exchange.

The RoK will continue to encourage its businesses to invest and expand their operations in Vietnam in the future, especially in spearhead industries, he stressed, adding that the country will also create favourable conditions for Vietnamese citizens to enter the RoK.

President Yoon spoke highly of Vietnam's role in ASEAN and thanked Vietnam for its contributions to peace, stability, cooperation and development on the Korean Peninsula.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. Photo: Yonhap/VNA

The leaders agreed to maintain the exchange of high-level delegations and meetings with various appropriate forms; support the strengthening of security, defence and defence industry cooperation; and closely cooperate in implementing activities to celebrate the 30th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties (1992-2022), towards upgrading the relations to a "comprehensive strategic partnership".

The two Presidents held that the two nations will coordinate in implementing measures to lift their bilateral trade to USD 100 billion by 2023 and USD 150 billion by 2030; as well as effectively performing existing trade agreements such as the Vietnam - RoK Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA), and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP).

Vietnam and the RoK will continue to cooperate closely in regional and international issues, and assisting the Southeast Asian nation in performing its role as the coordinator of RoK-ASEAN relations in 2021-2024, they said.

President Phuc took the occasion to invite the RoK President to visit Vietnam. President Yoon accepted the invitation with pleasure, and he also invited the Vietnamese leader to visit the RoK in 2022.

Vietnam and the RoK established bilateral diplomatic relations on December 22, 1992.

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