NA Chairman visits Vietnamese Embassy in RoK

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 14 attended a ceremony to put up the nameplate of the new headquarters of the Vietnamese Embassy in Seoul. (Photo: VNA)

Meeting with the embassy’s staff and representatives of the Vietnamese community in the RoK, Hue briefed them on the outcomes of his official visit to the RoK, especially his talks with Speaker of the RoK National Assembly Park Byeong-seug.

The Vietnamese Party and State pay due attention to Vietnamese communities abroad, including Vietnamese in the RoK, he said, adding that the RoK gives special heed to the Vietnamese community in the country.

The top legislator said Vietnam would boost citizen protection work in the time ahead.

He informed that from January 1, 2022, the Vietnamese Government will pilot the resumption of a number of international commercial flights, including those to Seoul, and the Vietnamese and RoK Governments are working to reach mutual recognition of vaccine passports.

Earlier the same day, NA Chairman Hue hosted a reception for Kim Kil-soo, Chairman of the Korea & Vietnam Economic Cultural Association, where he called on the association to help with the building of a Vietnamese cultural centre in the RoK.

Kim said his association has coordinated with the Vietnamese Embassy to buy ambulances, which are expected to be transported to Vietnam by the end of this year. to serve the COVID-19 combat.

Source: NDO