President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee at the talks with students in Hà Nội. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Yoon Suk Yeol and his wife Kim Keon Hee on Thursday visited and talked to students at the Faculty of Korean Language and Culture of the University of Languages and International Studies under the Việt Nam National University – Hà Nội (VNU), as part of the President’s state visit to Việt Nam.

The RoK President said his visit to Việt Nam took place at a time when bilateral relations were enjoying sound development.

He expressed his joy when more and more young Vietnamese learn Korean, and said he felt he should do more to promote the relations between the two countries, particularly in educating young generations about the RoK-Việt Nam relations.

He noted that Việt Nam had organised many cultural exchanges with the RoK, which he said provided favourable conditions for young Vietnamese to understand more about the Korean culture.

“The RoK Government will have more policies to support young Vietnamese in accessing Korean language and Korean culture,” he said.

President of VNU Hanoi Lê Quân said the VNU Hanoi was the first public training establishment to open the Korean language and Korean studies in 1993, immediately after Việt Nam and the RoK set up diplomatic ties.

At present, Korean is taught at almost 60 colleges and universities in Việt Nam with more than 50,000 students, according to Quân.

Quân asked the RoK Government to continue assisting Việt Nam in education and technology transfer in general and in the teaching and research of the Korean language and culture in particular.  

On the occasion, President Yoon Suk Yeol and his spouse answered many questions of Vietnamese students about the Korean culture and the Korean Wave in Việt Nam.

Also on June 22, the RoK President had a meeting with 300 representatives from the Korean community in Việt Nam, with the former coach of the Việt Nam national football team Park Hang Seo among them.

Việt Nam is home to more than 170,000 Korean expats, the largest Korean community among ASEAN countries. — VNS