Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (right) on November 25 receives Mayor of Busan Oh Keo-don on the occasion of his trip to the Korean city to attend the ASEAN-RoK Commemorative Summit. (Photo: VNA)Busan (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 25 met withMayor of Busan Oh Keo-don on the occasion of his trip to the Korean city toattend the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit.
Mayor OhKeo-don said the administration and people of Busan city want to boost tieswith ASEAN nations, including Vietnam. Busan hopes to beef up cooperation andexchange with Vietnamese cities and provinces, particularly Ho Chi Minh Cityand wants more firms from Busan to invest in Vietnam, he said.
He unveiledthat Busan will name one of its avenues ASEAN and establish an ASEANculture centre.
PM Nguyen XuanPhuc appreciated his host’s hope for stronger ties with Vietnamese localities. As the Busan-Keangnam region is home toa large number of Vietnamese people, the PM asked the mayor, the government andpeople of Busan to continue supporting them to blend in with the locals andcontribute to the city’s socio-economic development as well as to the two countries’s friendship.
The governmentof Vietnam will create favourable conditions for Korean citizens to live and work in Vietnam, he said.
He urged Busanand Vietnamese localities to together organise more cultural exchange events aspeople-to-people exchange is the foundation for deepening the bilateral ties.
Vietnam andthe RoK see great potential in economic cooperation, he said, emphasising ontrade and investment. He estimated trade between the two countries at 80 billion USD this year and expected it tohit 100 billion USD in 2020. The RoK’s trade with Vietnam has always made up half of that with ASEAN for years, the leader noted.
He also askedthe administration of Busan to facilitate the launch of a direct flight to DaNang city in central Vietnam.
Later the sameday, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc visited the Port of Busan, the RoK’s largest and theworld’s second largest container port which handles 75 percent of the country’stotal container cargo.
PM Phuc is inBusan, the RoK’s second largest city, for the ASEAN-Rok Commemorative Summit,which aims to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the two sides’ dialoguerelations, and the firstMekong-RoK Summit during his trip to the RoK from November 24-28.
He isscheduled to take part in the ASEAN-RoK CEO Summit, the InnovationShowcase 2019, and the ASEAN-RoK Startup Expo, as well as hold meetings withBusan leaders.
After attending these events, PM Phuc will pay an official visit to the RoK.The visit is the first by a Vietnamese PM in seven years, and is ofsignificance to strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the newsituation./.
After attending these events, PM Phuc will pay an official visit to the RoK.The visit is the first by a Vietnamese PM in seven years, and is ofsignificance to strengthening cooperation between the two countries in the newsituation./.
VNA
