Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and RoK Foreign Minister Chung Eui Yong (Photo: VNA)

The agreement was made at the talks between Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son who is on an official visit to RoK and his counterpart Chung Eui Yong on Thursday.

Minister Son said Vietnam wanted to expand cooperation with RoK. He called on the RoK to consider giving more big loans with incentives to major infrastructure and climate change projects in Vietnam.

Son also suggested deepening cooperation in labour, tourism, education and people-to-people exchange.
To facilitate the travelling of citizens and businesses of the two countries and contribute to achieving the dual goals of COVID-19 containment and economic development in each country, Son called for the RoK’s early recognition of Vietnam’s vaccine passport, and the country’s further support in the pandemic fight.
He suggested the RoK create more favourable conditions for Vietnamese in the host country, especially Vietnam-RoK multicultural families.
Reaffirming Vietnam as a leading important partner of the RoK, Chung said achievements recorded after the establishment of the diplomatic ties three decades ago would create a firm foundation for the bilateral relationship to move forward in the time ahead.
He presented specific proposals to deepen cooperation in politics-diplomacy, national defence-security, economy-trade, health care-science-technology, culture and people-to-people exchange.

The RoK’s Foreign Ministry will continue close coordination with its Vietnamese counterpart and other relevant ministries to practically contribute to boosting the strategic cooperative partnership in the coming time.

The two minsters also shared views on regional and international issues and agreed to work closely at multilateral forums including the UN.