Seoul (VNA) – Vietnam’s diplomatic sector has reaped positiveresults in 2023, stated Assistant Professor Beak Yong-Hun from the Schoolof Asian and Middle Eastern Studies under the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s DankookUniversity.

Talking to Vietnam News Agency, Beak highlighted Vietnam’s upgrade of its ties to a comprehensivestrategic partnership level with the US in September and Japan in November.

Along with the previously established comprehensivestrategic partnership frameworks with China, Russia, and the RoK, newdevelopments in 2023 show that Vietnam is continuing to pursue a balancedforeign policy, imbued with the identity of "bamboo diplomacy".

According to the expert on Vietnamesestudies, strengthening diplomatic relations with the US and Japan helps Vietnampromote cooperation in various fields such as trade and technology, andexchange culture and human resources, thus opening up new opportunities andboosting the country’s economic growth.

In the context of US-China trade competition, Vietnam's strategic role as animportant link in the global supply chain is being further promoted, and thecountry is also considered a good destination attracting foreign investmentinto Southeast Asia, Beak stated.

He said that an important result in upgrading relations between Vietnamand the US is that the two sides agreed to cooperate in developing science andtechnology and the semiconductor industry. As a result, Vietnam will have favourableconditions to develop training of highly skilled human resources, digitaleconomy and green economy, and to focus on artificial intelligence (AI), energytransition and health care.

As for its relations with Japan, cooperatingwith Vietnam helps Japan diversify its supply chain, and reduce dependence onChina, while Vietnam can also diversify markets and supply sources, and reduceexcessive dependence on one partner.

Regarding the RoK-Vietnam relations, it isnecessary to establish a cooperation roadmap that the two countries can share, focusing on promoting future cooperation such as green growth and thedevelopment of high value-added industries such as information technology. Tothat end, upgrading and transferring technology based on the RoK's advancedtechnological capabilities will be one of the important fields.

It is necessary to have officialinformation exchange channels to help minimise false and negative informationrelated to economic issues and multicultural families, and increase positiveinformation to enhance mutual understanding, he said.

In cooperation towards the future, the roleof the young generation of the two countries is very important, contributing topromoting the bilateral relationship. Therefore, supporting the development of the Vietnameselanguage and Vietnamese studies is also important in promoting further interestin this language and Vietnamese people in the RoK, Beak added./.