Lao Cai province leaders communicated with the delegation of the Korean Embassy
On the afternoon of October 23, Mr. Hoang Quoc Khanh - Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee paid courtesy visit to the delegation of the Korean Embassy in Vietnam led by Mr. Suk Jin Young, Director of Korea Cultural Center, Second Secretary Most in charge of culture, journalism is the team leader.Cooperated with the delegation were leaders of the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Department of Foreign Affairs, Department of Information and Communications, Office of the People's Committee of Lao Cai province.
The scene of the social session.
At the session, Mr. Hoang Quoc Khanh - Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee briefly introduced the potentials and strengths in all fields as well as the achievements of socio-economic development of Lao Cai in recent years. Lao Cai has a pair of international border gates in Lao Cai - Ha Khau (China), with abundant mineral resources, diverse topography and climate, creating favorable conditions for the development of the border-gate economy and the mining industry. temperate agriculture, development of specialty agricultural products. In particular, Lao Cai has great potentials for tourism development with beautiful, majestic natural landscape, fresh climate, cool Sa Pa all year round, with Fansipan peak of 3,143m and diverse cultural identity. of 25 peoples.
Vietnam and South Korea officially established diplomatic relations since 1992; The two countries have begun to upgrade their relationship to a " strategic partnership " since 2009. Over the past 28 years, the friendly and cooperative relationship between the two countries has been increasingly firmly nurtured and developed in new steps. In the framework of the cooperation relationship between Vietnam - Korea, Lao Cai province receives the support of the Korean Government through ODA and FDI programs and projects such as: The happiness program of Lao Cai province; Project to provide equipment for the General Hospital of Lao Cai province; Investment project for high-tech electric wire and cable factory; Project "Planting and producing high-tech strawberries". Also in the past time, non-governmental organizations and Korean cooperation agencies such as Global Care, KOICA, KACES, MSIP ... have had many sponsorship activities in Lao Cai province in the field of: Teaching English, Korean; support items, learning tools for pupils in difficult areas; improve school and classroom facilities; volunteer activities; improve professional and professional work in the fields of education, culture, art ... Total funding from 2010 to now is about 69.5 billion/40 programs, projects, grants.
Mr. Hoang Quoc Khanh - Vice Chairman of Provincial People's Committee presented the logo of Lao Cai province to Mr. Suk Jin Young, Director of Korea Cultural Center .
Speaking at a courtesy session, Mr. Hoang Quoc Khanh - Vice Chairman of Lao Cai Provincial People's Committee expressed his wish that in the coming time, the First Secretary in charge of culture and press will continue to be a bridge to introduce businesses of Korea comes to explore opportunities and invest and cooperate in Lao Cai province (especially in the fields of industry, tourism, services, cultural preservation of hi-tech application ...) and pay attention to implementing cooperation in 03 ODA programs and projects: Program "Accompany with the highlands of Lao Cai"; Project of Capacity Building and technical assistance for the medical equipment management system at Lao Cai General Hospital; The project of investing in medical equipment for the Lao Cai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital and a number of district hospitals ... The Vice Chairman said that the preparation of the "Korean Cultural Day in Sa Pa" is now being prepared by Korean Cultural Center in coordination with the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Lao Cai province is implementing very well and attracting the attention of the masses.
Mr. Suk Jin Young, Director of Korea Cultural Center, First Secretary in charge of culture and press, The Korean Embassy in Vietnam expressed his pleasure to visit Lao Cai and shared: Korean people come to Lao Cai, especially to Sa Pa, a lot and all have good impressions of the land and people here. Regarding the proposals of Lao Cai province, I will report back to the Korean Government so that I can promote the implementation of cooperation activities, support, and investment projects between the two sides in the coming time./ .