The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism held a ceremony to present the appointment decision to Can on December 16.

Addressing the event, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Doan Van Viet said Vietnam considers the RoK one of key source markets of tourism.

Once the countries resume air services with higher frequency in the coming time, Vietnam will exert efforts to attract holidaymakers from the RoK, he added.

He called on Can and his associates to seek resources to develop activities of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT)’s representative office in the RoK and regularly update a website on Vietnam’s tourism in Korean language, among others.

For his part, Can said that Vietnam and the RoK will celebrate the 30th founding anniversary of diplomatic ties next year and joint efforts are required to devise travel plans to attract visitors.

In the 2017-20 term, he helped set up a representative office of the VNAT in the RoK and built a website in Korean language promoting Vietnam’s tourism.

The ambassador also worked to connect Vietnamese and RoK localities to organise activities introducing Vietnam’s images during major festivals in the RoK.

Ly Xuong Can, whose Korean name is Lee Chang Kun, was born in 1958 in Seoul. He is the 31st generation descendant of King Ly Thai To and the 26th generation descendant of Prince Ly Long Tuong, who immigrated to the RoK in the 13th century.

In 1992, he represented the Ly Hoa Son clan in the RoK in returning to Vietnam and visiting his hometown in Dinh Bang ward, Tu Son town, the northern province of Bac Ninh. In 2009, he and his family received Vietnamese citizenship. He has been a member of the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) Central Committee since September 2014.

NA Chairman meets with RoK Prime Minister in Seoul

The Vietnamese National Assembly will continue studying policies and laws to create optimal conditions for businesses from the Republic of Korea (RoK) to increase their investments in Vietnam, NA Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue affirmed at a meeting with RoK Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum in Seoul on December 14.

Vietnam-RoK strategic cooperative partnership

The official visit by Chairman of the National Assembly Vuong Dinh Hue to the Republic of Korea (RoK) starting December 12 is viewed as an opportunity to lift the countries’ strategic cooperative partnership to a new height, towards bringing two-way trade to 100 billion USD in a balanced, sustainable and effective manner.

Provincial Chairman Le Anh Duong attends NA Chairman’s official visits to RoK

(BGO)- At the invitation of the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-seug, Chairman of the National Assembly (NA) Vuong Dinh Hue led a high-ranking delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly to pay official visits to RoK from 12 September.

Another record broken at national athletics championship

Pham Thi Hong Le broke the 10,000-m record at the national athletics championship Monday.

Vietnam, RoK top legislators back upgrading bilateral relationship

Vietnamese National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue and Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Park Byeong-Seug expressed their support for upgrading the relationship between the two countries to a comprehensive strategic partnership during their talks in Seoul on December 13.

Source: NDO/VNA