Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Park Noh-wan (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam always pays attention to
creating favourable conditions for businesses and investors from the Republic
of Korea (RoK) to expand their activities in the nation, said Prime Minister Nguyen
Xuan Phuc, noting that the bilateral ties are getting stronger thanks to the
presence of Korean conglomerates like Samsung, SK, Hanwha, Deawoo, and Lotte in
Vietnam.
Phuc made his statement while hosting RoK Ambassador to Vietnam Park
Noh-wan, and representatives of the Korea Chamber of Business in Vietnam (KORCHAM) and five leading high-tech
groups from the RoK in Hanoi on April 2.
Highlighting strong growth of the Vietnam – RoK relations across
politics, defence-security, and economy-trade-investment in the past time, PM Phuc
stated the Vietnamese Government is delighted to see a large number of Korean firms
investing effectively in Vietnam.
The Government leader said the foreign-invested sector is an
important part of the Vietnamese economy, adding that its long-term growth as
well as cooperation and healthy competition with other economic sectors are encouraged
and facilitated.
The attraction of investment, particularly from high-tech
groups, obtains a special attention from the Vietnamese Government, Phuc
underscored.
He took the occasion to thank the RoK Embassy for its efforts to contribute to the development of the bilateral relations so far.
For his part, Park said the RoK highly values Vietnam’s
successful control of COVID-19 and realisation of its dual goals of containing the pandemic and promoting socio-economic development. Korean firms
in Vietnam are happy with the nation sustaining its high growth rate amid the
global spread of the coronavirus.
The ambassador said as the two countries will celebrate the
30th anniversary of their diplomatic relations next year, the RoK wishes to organise
high-level delegation exchanges and pushes the ties to new heights.
The RoK also wants to run flights to bring Korean entrepreneurs to Vietnam for business cooperation promotion and hopes the Vietnamese Government
will facilitate these flights in the context of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The diplomat said with delight that on April 2, the RoK continued to receive Vietnamese workers to work in the country. In
2021, its Government passed a quota to receive 8,000 to 10,000 Vietnamese
workers.
In response, the PM affirmed the Vietnamese Government always
creates the best conditions possible for the RoK community in Vietnam and asked for
similar support from the RoK Government for the Vietnamese community in the country.
Participating RoK groups expressed their gratitude toward
the Vietnamese Government’s assistance for their operations and wished for
further support in the coming time to expand their investment in the nation./.
VNA