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HCM City (VNA) – Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong, on November 24, presented the city’s insignia to outgoing Republic of Korea (RoK) Consul General Lim Jae Hoon, who came to bid his farewell. The award acknowledged the diplomat’s contributions to boosting the relations between Vietnam’s southern economic hub and the RoK. At the meeting with Lim, Phong praised his efforts in fortifying the multifaceted cooperation between the city and its Korean partners, contributing to the Vietnam – RoK strategic partnership. The leader said he backs investment projects run by the RoK-based Lotte Group at the local Thu Thiem new urban area and the removal of obstacles facing these projects. As Vietnam will serve as the coordinator of ASEAN-RoK relations next year, Phong hoped that together with other ASEAN nations, it will help step up future cooperation with the RoK./. … [Read more...] about Consul General honoured for contributions to RoK-HCM City ties

Seoul (VNA) – Real Beans Coffee, a coffee brand in Vietnam, are among nine winners of the 1st ASEAN-Korea Excellent Design Exhibition Award this year which honours the best packaging designs made in ASEAN countries. The nine winning designs were selected from 46 entries submitted by 29 design agencies and freelance designers based in nine ASEAN countries, namely Brunei, Indonesia, Lao, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam. The competition was co-organised by the ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC), Korea Institute for Design Promotion (KIDP) and Vietnam Trade Promotion Agency (Vietrade) and open to packaging designs in the areas of agro-fishery, food and beverage, and health and beauty from May to July. Eligible entries were those launched within the year 2019 – 2020. The award ceremony, held  in Seoul, capital of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on November 24 afternoon, saw the presence of AKC Secretary-General Lee Hyuk, KIDP Chairman Eune Ju-hyun, … [Read more...] about Vietnamese coffee brand among nine winners of ASEAN-RoK design award

The award acknowledged the diplomat’s contributions to boosting the relations between Vietnam’s southern economic hub and the RoK. At the meeting with Lim, Phong praised his efforts in fortifying the multifaceted cooperation between the city and its Korean partners, contributing to the Vietnam – RoK strategic partnership. The leader said he backs investment projects run by the RoK-based Lotte Group at the local Thu Thiem new urban area and the removal of obstacles facing these projects. As Vietnam will serve as the coordinator of ASEAN-RoK relations next year, Phong hoped that together with other ASEAN nations, it will help step up future cooperation with the RoK. … [Read more...] about Consul General honoured for contributions to RoK-HCMC ties

Seoul (VNA) – Senior defence officials of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Indonesia held an annual consultation session via video conference on November 24, reaffirming their commitment for cooperation in the field of defence industry. It was attended by Major General Sung Il, an international cooperation officer at the RoK Defence Ministry, Major General Dadang Hendrayudha of Indonesia’s Defence Ministry, and representatives of eight companies from the two nations. During the session, the two sides agreed to beef up cooperation to protect defense technologies and discussed other pending issues, according to the Defense Acquisition Programme Administration. It was a meaningful meeting that could help resolve pending defense industry issues between the two countries and will greatly contribute to strengthening their cooperation down the road, Sung said. The talks took place as Indonesia is hundreds of millions of dollars in arrears on its dues for the RoK's … [Read more...] about RoK, Indonesia reaffirm commitment to cooperate in defence industry

Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong (R) presents the city’s insignia to outgoing Republic of Korea (RoK) Consul General Lim Jae Hoon At the meeting with Lim, Phong praised his efforts in fortifying the multifaceted cooperation between the city and its Korean partners, contributing to the Vietnam – RoK strategic partnership. … [Read more...] about Consul General honored for contributions to RoK-HCM City ties