RoK lawmaker honoured with Friendship Order

Kim Hak-yong, head of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labour Committee of the Republic of Korea (RoK), has been honoured with the Friendship Order of the Vietnamese State for his significant contributions to the strategic partnership between the two countries.

NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty (L) presents the Friendship Order to head of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labour Committee of the RoK, Kim Hak-yong in Hanoi on June 13. (Photo: daibieunhandan.vn)
NA Vice Chairman Do Ba Ty (L) presents the Friendship Order to head of the National Assembly’s Environment and Labour Committee of the RoK, Kim Hak-yong in Hanoi on June 13. (Photo: daibieunhandan.vn)

The decoration was handed over to the RoK lawmaker, who is also President of the RoK-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, by Vice Chairman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Do Ba Ty at a ceremony in Hanoi on June 13.

At the event, Kim thanked the Vietnamese Party, State and NA, and Party General Secretary and President Nguyen Phu Trong for the honour, and pledged to make all-out efforts to contribute more to the relations between the two countries and legislatures in the time ahead.

Earlier, Tran Van Tuy, head of the Vietnamese NA’s Committee for Deputy Affairs and President of the Vietnam-RoK Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group, hosted a reception for the RoK lawmaker.

The two sides agreed to continue seeking measures to enhance cooperation and exchange between the two friendship parliamentarians’ groups in the future.