General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and State President To Lam and his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly presided over an official welcome ceremony in Ha Noi on April 22 for President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Lee Jae Myung and his spouse Kim Hae Kyung, who are on a state visit to Viet Nam.

Minh noted that in transport, the RoK is currently Viet Nam’s second-largest bilateral donor. Since 1996, the Korean Government has provided significant capital for Vietnam’s transport infrastructure, with nine projects completed to date, totalling over 1 billion USD, and six others underway worth nearly 600 million USD.

Party General Secretary To Lam and RoK President Lee Jae Myung agreed to further consolidate political trust as a firm foundation for strengthening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership through enhanced high-level and all-level exchanges, expanded defence and security cooperation, and the implementation of defence industry and military trade projects.

Viet Nam and the Republic of Korea (RoK) convened the 20th meeting of the Viet Nam-RoK Joint Economic Committee in Seoul on November 14, aiming to review progress since the last gathering in 2022 and chart out new directions to deepen cooperation across a wide range of fields.

Minister of Public Security General Luong Tam Quang received Shin Jung Hoon, Chairman of the Public Administration and Security Committee of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK), in Ha Noi on August 19, discussing measures to boost cooperation between the two countries, particularly in law enforcement.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s media continued to provide extensive coverage on August 12 of the State visit to the country by General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam, his spouse Ngo Phuong Ly, and a high-level Vietnamese delegation from August 10-13.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam and Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Min-seok witnessed the exchange of dozens of cooperation documents between ministries, agencies, localities, enterprises, and universities from the two countries in Seoul on August 12.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam Central Committee To Lam and Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Kim Min-seok attended a Viet Nam - RoK Economic Forum in Seoul on August 12 as part of the former’s state visit to the Northeast Asian country.