Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on October 27 afternoon met with Kim Deawon, Executive Vice President of Samsung E&A, a subsidiary of the Republic of Korea's Samsung Group, to review progress of several water supply and wastewater treatment projects in the Mekong Delta.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on August 26 called on Samsung Group from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to continue to expand investment in Viet Nam, especially in the fields of high technology and research and development (R&D).