Late afternoon on August 25, in Hanoi, Mr. Do Van Chien - Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front (FFF), Central organizations, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front received President of the Korea - Vietnam Economic and Cultural Association (KOVECA) Kwon Sung - Taek, who is visiting and working in Vietnam.
At the meeting with the delegation, Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Do Van Chien said: From August 10-13, at the invitation of President Lee Jae Myung, General Secretary To Lam and his wife, along with the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation, will have a state visit to Korea.
The visit has contributed to strengthening the good relationship between the two countries' senior leaders, achieving an important common understanding of comprehensively promoting and further deepening the Vietnam - Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership; and at the same time opening up new opportunities for cooperation between Vietnam and Korea in the coming time.
Mr. Do Van Chien was happy and excited when during the visit of General Secretary To Lam and his wife Ngo Phuong Ly to Korea, KOVECA invited the General Secretary's wife to visit the Korean nursing facility. This is a model that General Secretary To Lam and his wife are also interested in and are assigning to Hanoi and a number of other organizations as a pilot; at the same time, they expressed their delight at the results of the workshop organized by the KOVEKA Association in coordination with the Vietnam Federation of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) and the Vietnam - Korea Friendship Association.
Mr. Do Van Chien deeply believes that the comprehensive strategic cooperation relationship between Vietnam and Korea will develop more and more strongly; and the solidarity between the people of the two countries will be increasingly close.
The Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, together with KOVECA and relevant agencies of the two countries, will pay more attention to bilateral cooperation in the fields of business, social activities, culture, charity, etc., to achieve more positive results.
KOVECA President Kwon Sung - Taek thanked Mr. Do Van Chien and the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front for their warm welcome during the visit.
According to Mr. Kwon Sung - Taek, General Secretary To Lam is the first foreign leader to visit Korea since President Lee Jae Myung took office, which shows the importance of relations with Vietnam and strong determination for the future of the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
In particular, Mr. Kwon Sung - Taek was accompanied by Mrs. Ngo Phuong Ly when visiting a retirement welfare facility in Korea. This is an event of great significance for KOVECA Association.
In recent times, the Association has always strived to connect people-to-people and business-to-people exchanges, and enhance economic and cultural cooperation projects between Korea and Vietnam. This also once again affirms that people-to-people exchanges between the two countries are increasingly consolidated and enhanced.
Mr. Kwon Sung - Taek said that 2025 is a very special year for Vietnam as it is holding a series of events to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and is also a special year for Korea when celebrating the 80th anniversary of the National Day of Korea.
To practically celebrate this meaningful event, KOVECA is planning to organize an exhibition and seminar in Seoul to celebrate the 135th anniversary of President Ho Chi Minh's birth and hopes that the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front can pay attention to the exhibition. After the workshop, the Association will publish a bilingual book in Korean and Vietnamese.
Previously, KOVECA translated more than 500 "Sign of the imprisonment" into Korean, handing out them to senior leaders of Korea as well as Korean enterprises interested in Vietnam. The Association will publish books in 3 languages: Vietnamese, Korean and Chinese.
From Mr. Kwon Sung Taek's opinion, Mr. Do Van Chien said that one of the tasks of the Vietnam Fatherland Front is people's foreign affairs. The Vietnam Fatherland Front will discuss with relevant parties and participate to contribute to the success of this meaningful conference.
