Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính holds a meeting with representatives from Việt Nam’s embassy and other representative agencies and the Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea. VNA/VNS Photo

SEOUL – Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính held a meeting with representatives from Việt Nam’s embassy and other representative agencies and the Vietnamese community in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on Sunday, within the framework of his official visit to the country.

PM Chính said that the relationship between Việt Nam and the RoK is at its best today, with the two becoming each other's leading partner in numerous fields. That comprehensive relationship creates favourable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, work, study and research in the East Asian country.

Currently, the RoK holds the No. 1 position in direct investment, No. 2 in development cooperation and tourism, and No. 3 in labour and trade cooperation with Việt Nam.

Affirming that the Party and State consider Vietnamese people abroad as an integral part and a resource of the Vietnamese ethnic community, the leader acknowledged the Vietnamese community in the RoK’s great and high-quality contributions to the Fatherland as well as bilateral relations.

He requested the embassy to always pay attention to caring for the Vietnamese community, and set up appropriate contact channels to connect the community and handle issues related to them.

Ambassador Vũ Hồ reported that there are currently nearly 280,000 Vietnamese people living in the RoK.

At the meeting, representatives of the Vietnamese community proposed initiatives to develop science and technology, innovation, and startup, especially in new industries such as semiconductor and artificial intelligence, and in connecting scientists at home and abroad. They also suggested mechanisms to mobilise resources and intelligence of Vietnamese people abroad to solve domestic problems. – VNS