President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a phone conversation with the President-elect of the Republic of Korea

On the afternoon of March 23, at the Presidential Palace, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc had a phone conversation with South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol. President Nguyen Xuan Phuc congratulated Mr. Yoon Suk-yeol on being elected as the 20th President of Korea; at the same time conveying greetings of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and Vietnamese leaders to President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc highly appreciated the important achievements the two countries have achieved in the past 30 years since the establishment of diplomatic relations in 1992 in many bilateral and multilateral fields.

Currently, the two sides have become each other’s strategic cooperation partners with an increasingly deep level of trust and mutual understanding, substantive and extensive cooperation.

The President thanked the Korean government for actively supporting medical equipment and preventive vaccines COVID-19 last time. On this occasion, President Nguyen Xuan Phuc cordially invited the President to visit Vietnam.

President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol thanked General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong and President Nguyen Xuan Phuc for their congratulatory messages, and said that the two countries’ relations are at the highest level ever; He affirmed that he always attaches importance to relations with Vietnam and wishes that the two sides promote further development in the coming time.

The President emphasized that he would continue to promote Korean businesses to invest and expand their investment scale in Vietnam in the coming time, especially in key fields; said it would create favorable conditions for Vietnamese citizens to enter Korea; promote tourism cooperation and strengthen people-to-people exchanges between the two countries.

President Yoon Suk-yeol highly appreciated Vietnam’s role in the ASEAN region and thanked Vietnam for its contributions to peace, stability, cooperation and development on the Korean Peninsula.

The President was pleased to accept the invitation of President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Vietnam and invite President Nguyen Xuan Phuc to visit Korea in 2022.