Prime Minister welcomes Foreign Minister of Republic of Korea
(VOVWORLD) - The Vietnamese Government and people wish to continue promoting the Vietnam-Republic of Korea cooperation in a strong, substantive, effective, and extensive manner, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at a meeting with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Jin, who is on an official visit to Vietnam.
 PM Pham Minh Chinh (R) meets with the RoK's Foreign Minister Park Jin in Hanoi on October 18. (Photo: VNA) |
The Prime Minister praised the vigorous growth of bilateral ties over the last 30 years, stressing that the two sides should maintain high-level exchanges and meetings in flexible forms, step up effective and extensive cooperation in all fields, and develop their ties to a new level.
PM Chinh described economic partnership as an important pillar of bilateral relations and asked the countries to cooperate closely to soon raise their trade to 100 billion USD by 2023 and 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced manner. He underlined that the Vietnamese Government attach importance to and create the best possible conditions for businesses from the RoK and other countries.
Minister Park noted the RoK considers Vietnam as a focal partner in not only its policy for ASEAN but also its Indo-Pacific strategy, adding that his country always wishes to further intensify all-round cooperation with Vietnam.