The President made the statement in Hanoi on April 22 while receiving RoK National Assembly Speaker Lim Chae-jung who is on an official visit to Vietnam at the invitation of his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen Phu Trong.

President Triet said Vietnam always welcomes investors from the RoK and is keen to learn from the RoK’s experience in overcoming difficulties to develop into an industrialised country.

The President acknowledged the visit to Vietnam by the RoK National Assembly Speaker as an important step in boosting mutual understanding and relations between the two countries.

He affirmed that Vietnam supports the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula and hopes to see further development in the relations between the two parts of the peninsula.

Speaker Lim also said he hoped for stronger relations between Vietnam and the RoK, highlighting mutual trust as an important factor in this process.

The two countries should actively work to boost understanding of each other’s history and culture to provide a basis for consolidating their trust in other areas such as trade and investment, Lim said.

The RoK top legislator said that his country appreciated the global economic integration process of Vietnam and hoped Vietnam will continue to expand its friendship and co-operation with the RoK.

He noted that the increasing position of the RoK in the list of foreign investors in Vietnam proved the increasing popularity of the Southeast Asian country’s market as well as of the ties between the two countries. (VNA)