Vietnam seeks cooperation opportunities with RoK in new fields
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung is paying a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from December 19-21 to exchange experience with Korean partners on the development of semiconductor, hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and green agriculture.
Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (R) meets Chief Financial Officer of Samsung Group Park Hark Kyu (Photo: VNA)
Seoul (VNA) – Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dungis paying a working visit to the Republic of Korea (RoK) from December 19-21 toexchange experience with Korean partners on the development of semiconductor,hydrogen, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and green agriculture.
During his stay, Dung had working sessionswith representatives from the RoK’s agencies, organisations and businesses topromote cooperation in innovation and technology; and research, exchangeexperience and attract resources in semiconductor, hydrogen and LNG fields.
He visited a memory chip factory of SKHynix - the second largest memory chip manufacturer in the world, in Icheoncity; an LNG storage facility with capacity of 10.8 million tonnes a year inBoryeong city; the world's largest liquid hydrogen plant of SK Group in Incheoncity, and Samsung Electronics' Samsung Digital City in Suwon city.
At working sessions with leaders of SK and Samsung Groups, the Vietnameseminister listened to experiences of formation and development of the factories,expressing his that SK and Samsung will share their experience, and supportand accompany Vietnam in developing the semiconductor industry, digitaltransformation, green energy, green economy, circular economy.
Dung also visited Garak Market – the RoK'sfirst and largest agricultural wholesale market to learn experience to implementa wholesale market model similar to Garak Market in Vietnam so as to build aneffective, transparent, professional distribution model and bring more benefitsto farmers.
The minister also had a meeting withleaders of the Vietnam Innovation Network in Korea (VINK) to connect andpromote collaboration in innovation and technology.
At the meetings, Dung emphasised theVietnamese Government's commitment to creating favourable conditions for RoKbusinesses to invest effectively and sustainably, and do long-term business inVietnam./.
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Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung (R) meets Chief Financial Officer of Samsung Group Park Hark Kyu (Photo: VNA) 
