Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo shakes hands with Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Nguyen Duc Hai. Photo: Anh Nguyen/VNA

At the meeting on Wednesday with PM Han Duck-soo, the Vietnamese NA Vice Chairman expressed his hope that the two sides will partner to effectively implement the Vietnam-RoK Free Trade Agreement, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, striving to raise the bilateral trade to 100 billion USD this year and 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable fashion.
He thanked the Korean government for its effective ODA to Vietnam, saying he hopes that the RoK will maintain the cooperation mechanism, expand its scale and increase incentives towards loans for Vietnam through the Economic Development Cooperation Fund.

Vietnam hopes that the Korean government will further support and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the more than 200,000 Vietnamese in the country. For its part, Vietnam will create favorable conditions for Koreans in the Southeast Asian nation, Hai said.  

Earlier, at Tuesday meeting with Speaker of the National Assembly Kim Jin-pyo, Hai affirmed that Vietnam attaches importance to the relations with the RoK and suggested the two sides maintain all-level delegation exchanges and meetings, saying coordination and sharing of views on the bilateral cooperation as well as the regional and international situation would help deepen relations between their high-ranking leaders, raise mutual trust and understanding, and accelerate the implementation of reached bilateral cooperation mechanisms and agreements.

To promote the legislative ties, Hai said the two sides should supplement cooperation contents based on the agreement inked in 2013, making them match the comprehensive strategic partnership. He proposed the two sides encourage exchanges between female and young legislators, and support the establishment of twinning relations between Vietnamese and Korean localities.