General Secretary To Lam welcomed Mr. Park Chang Dal, Special Envoy of President Lee Jae Myung, for his visit to Vietnam; highly appreciated President Lee Jae Myung for sending a Special Envoy to Vietnam to convey the message immediately after taking office, showing the importance of relations with Vietnam in particular and the Vietnam - Korea Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in general.
General Secretary To Lam once again congratulated Mr. Lee Jae Myung on being elected as the 21st President of South Korea; believed that under the leadership of President Lee Jae Myung, South Korea will continue to develop prosperously, the people will be happy, and South Korea's international role and position will be increasingly enhanced.
Special Envoy Park Chang Dal respectfully conveyed President Lee Jae Myung's warmest greetings to General Secretary To Lam; highly appreciated the strong development of Vietnam - Korea relations in all fields in recent times, especially since upgrading the relationship to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Special Envoy Park Chang Dal emphasized that President Lee Jae Myung always considers Vietnam a leading partner in implementing foreign policies in the region; hopes that the two sides will further enhance exchanges and high-level contacts; promote economic, trade and investment cooperation for substantive, effective and sustainable development; suggested that Vietnam pay attention to and create conditions for Korean enterprises to do business, expand investment in Vietnam, especially in the fields of nuclear power, and strengthen cooperation to respond to the changing economic and trade environment.
General Secretary To Lam expressed his high agreement with the opinions of Special Envoy Park Chang Dal; affirmed the consistent policy of the Party and State of Vietnam to always attach importance to and wish to develop cooperative relations with Korea to a new, substantial, effective and long-term height; suggested that the two sides promote comprehensive, substantial and effective bilateral cooperation on the basis of political trust between the two countries and the close relationship between businesses, localities and people of the two countries.
General Secretary To Lam emphasized that in addition to traditional areas of cooperation, the two sides need to strengthen scientific and technological cooperation to create new momentum in bilateral relations; promote cooperation in the field of artificial intelligence (AI), build data centers in Vietnam and implement projects to support training of high-quality human resources.
Referring to international and regional issues, General Secretary To Lam suggested that the two sides continue to cooperate closely and support each other in multilateral international forums, in line with the interests of the people of the two countries, contributing to maintaining peace, stability and development in the region and the world.
Special Envoy Park Chang Dal affirmed that he will cooperate closely with Vietnam to successfully organize the APEC 2025 Summit in Korea and APEC 2027 in Vietnam.
