The Việt Nam-Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA), which took effect on December 20, 2015, has played an important role in attracting investments from the South Korea to Việt Nam and helping the Southeast Asian nation integrate deeper into the regional economy.

Việt Nam and Korea agreed to further boost bilateral co-operation in industry, trade and energy at a joint committee meeting held in HCM City on February 2.

Many goods imported from the Republic of Korea (RoK) into Việt Nam will be exempted from import taxes in 2018, due to the Việt Nam-Korea Free Trade Agreement (VKFTA).

Việt Nam is one of the countries that has effectively used the official development assistance (ODA) provided by South Korea over the past few years.

RoK Ambassador Lee Hyuk is optimistic about co-operation between Việt Nam and Republic of Korea.

People’s Committee of Phú Thọ joined hands with the Vietnamese Embassy in South Korea to organise a conference in Seoul on Monday to promote investments into the northern province.

A quarter-century of diplomatic relations between Việt Nam and South Korea has yielded impressive progress, especially in investment and trade, said Kim Jaehong, Chairman of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) at the Việt Nam-Korea Business Partnership Forum held on Friday in Hà Nội.

The Việt Nam-South Korea Free Trade Agreement, which came into effect in December 2015, has given a big boost to economic ties between the two countries, a seminar heard in HCM City on Thursday (September 7).

As an important trading with a strong agriculture sector, Việt Nam has great potential to become a strategic exporter of agricultural products to Korea, Hong Sun, vice chairman of the Korean Chamber of Business in Việt Nam, tells Việt Nam News reporter Nguyễn Phương Thảo

South Korean exports to Việt Nam has increased by 11.8 per cent year-on-year as of October, according to the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).