Korean National Assembly Speaker visits Ninh Binh province
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and his wife on November 1 visited the northern province of Ninh Binh as part of their trip to Vietnam.
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug (left) and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of Ninh Binh’s delegation of NA deputies, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (Photo: VNA)
Ninh Binh (VNA) - Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK)Park Byeong-seug and his wife on November 1 visited the northern province ofNinh Binh as part of their trip to Vietnam.
At a reception forthe Korean guests, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha, Secretary of the provincial Party Committeeand head of Ninh Binh’s delegation of NA deputies, highlighted the finerelations between Vietnam and the RoK, as well as between the province and theEast Asian country.
Ha also briefed the Korean delegation on Ninh Binh’s outstanding achievements over the past five years as well as its potential and strength.
Ninh Binh’s grossregional domestic product (GRDP) grew 8.03 percent annually during the five-yearperiod, with its economic structure shifting towards industry and construction.
Notably, Ninh Binhhas attracted 37 RoK-funded projects valued at over 300 million USD, making up 46percent of the total FDI in the province, she said, adding that the firms haveobserved legal regulations and actively coordinated with Ninh Binh inproduction and business.
Ha expressed her hopethat Park’s visit will serve as a bridge enabling the RoK side to share itsexperience in investment attraction in the time ahead.
She cited the twinningrelations between Ninh Binh province and Asan city, as well as between NinhBinh city and Jecheon city of the RoK to prove the close ties between the two sides.
For his part, Park congratulatedVietnam and Ninh Binh in particular on their successes in containing theCOVID-19 pandemic, and noted his hope that the province will lure moreattention from the RoK.
He stressed the amountof investment capital the RoK firms have poured into Ninh Binh has reflectedthe province’s potential for economic development, saying together with itsfavourable geographical location, the locality would grow further in thefuture.
The Korean leader said theRoK is one of the countries that are taking the lead in automobile manufacturing andelectronics, and pledged to continue to encourage Korean firms to invest in NinhBinh.
He also called on NinhBinh to create more favourable conditions for Korean enterprises to operate in the province.
As many as 4.3million Koreans visited Vietnam last year, many of them travelled to Ninh Binh, Parksaid, expressing his hope that the number will increase in the time ahead.
Later the same day,the Korean delegation visited the Trang An scenic landscape complex and othertourist sites in Ninh Binh./.
Speaker of the National Assembly of Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug affirmed Vietnam is a central cooperation partner in the RoK’s New Southern policy at a reception for Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Vu Tung in Seoul on October 22.
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Park Byeong-seug and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam from October 31 to November 4.
Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug and his wife began an official visit to Vietnam from October 31 to November 4.
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The ruling People’s Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA) attaches great importance to the friendship, solidarity, and comradeship with the Communist Party of Vietnam, and voiced her Party’s wish to further deepen and expand relations between the two sides for the benefit of the Vietnamese and Angolan people.
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Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug (left) and Secretary of the provincial Party Committee and head of Ninh Binh’s delegation of NA deputies, Nguyen Thi Thu Ha (Photo: VNA) 
