(VOVworld) – Korean enterprises have given more than 200,000 USD to Hai Duong province for its social work.

Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Vietnam Jeon Dae Ju speaks at the ceremony to grant the support to Hai Duong province (Photo: VOV)

A fund financed by 11 Korean enterprises and partly funded by the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency will be used to help the province build charity houses, provide health care to the poor and protect the environment. The Republic of Korea gave Hai Duong province 300 Vietnamese-Korean children story books. The Republic of Korea is now the third biggest foreign investor in Vietnam with a total investment capital of 28.7 billion USD.