A Republic of Korea-Vietnam business forum was held in Seoul on
April 19 to provide information on Vietnam’s orientations and
development demands to RoK businesses.

Addressing the event,
Deputy Chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) Lee
Dong-geun expressed his hope that the forum will create a chance for
businesses to meet and seek partners and enhance mutual understanding,
thus contributing to upgrading the Vietnam – RoK strategic
partnership to new level.

Vietnamese Ambassadors to the
RoK Tran Trong Toan highlighted Vietnam’s recent achievements,
particularly high economic growth rate and poverty reduction.

He said that the forum is a good opportunity for the RoK’s enterprises
to update Vietnam ’s orientations and development demands until 2020
as well as discuss directly with Vietnamese partners.

Also
at the forum, participants were heard reports on bilateral cooperation
in trade, investment and industry, and Vietnam’s FDI attraction
policies.-VNA