Attending the Forum, on the Vietnamese side, there were Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the National Assembly, Head of the Deputies Work Committee, Deputy Head of the Central Organization Committee, Chairwoman of the Friendship Parliamentary Group. Vietnam-Korea Conference; Ms. Le Thi Thu Hang, Assistant Minister, Director General of Press Information Department, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam; Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bui Nhat Quang, Member of the Party Central Committee, President of the Academy, Head of the Vietnamese Delegation; Dr. Dang Xuan Thanh, Vice President of the Academy.
On the Korean side, there was the presence of Mr. Park Noh Wan, Korean Ambassador to Vietnam; Mr. Hong Sung Guk, Member of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, and Vice Chairman of the Korea-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentary Association; GS. Lee Geun, Chairman of KF Foundation, together with representatives of leaders of Central Ministries and sectors (Central Foreign Affairs Committee, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Science and Technology...) experts from the two countries.
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Since establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea on December 22, 1992, the two sides have upgraded their relations twice to "comprehensive cooperative partnership in the 21st century" in 2001; "strategic cooperation partnership" in 2009. Senior leaders of the two countries also agreed to support the elevation of the relationship to a "comprehensive strategic partnership" by 2022 - the 30th anniversary of its establishment. Vietnam-Korea diplomatic relations. Over the past three decades, the Vietnam-Korea relationship has continuously developed strongly, achieving many great achievements in various fields (economic, political, diplomatic, cultural...). In the current period, the two countries have many favorable conditions to strengthen relations. Korea is a large economy, undergoing drastic reforms to rise up, actively promoting its global role and having an important influence in Asia. Besides, Korea is the leading important partner of Vietnam in most fields; At the same time, Vietnam is a fast-growing, dynamic economy with nearly 100 million people, plays an important role in ASEAN and East Asia, and is a key partner of Korea in the Southbound policy.
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On behalf of VASS's leaders, President Bui Nhat Quang warmly welcomed the attendance of Vietnamese and Korean delegates. Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bui Nhat Quang expressed his appreciation for the cooperative property relationship between the two countries, especially emphasizing the consensus on strategic interests between the two sides that will be the "motivation" to move towards raising the level of Vietnam relations. South Korea - Korea has become a "comprehensive strategy" to further tighten the bond between the two peoples, the two countries are increasingly closer and deeper, for the benefit of the two peoples, actively contributing to peace, stability, prosperity, cooperation and development in the region and in the world. Under the impact of new factors in the region and the world and the adjustment policies of the Government of each country, Assoc.Prof.Dr. Bui Nhat Quang decided that the efforts of senior leaders, ministries and people of the two countries, including the important role of scholars from both sides, would contribute to bringing the Vietnam-Korea system to a new level.
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In the opening speech at the Forum, KF President Lee Geun appreciated the diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea over the past 30 years. At the same time, he affirmed that the 5th Forum is of great significance, carrying a message representing the strengthening, looking to the future, raising the bilateral relationship between the two countries to a new height. The forum will be a valuable opportunity to find more practical ways of cooperation. The KF President highly appreciated the efforts to build people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, which is a symbol of outstanding development as well as a deep belief in the bilateral relationship. In the coming time, the Korea Foundation for International Cooperation and Exchange will continue to support scholars through projects in many fields for a sustainable future between the two countries.
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The delegates were listened to 04 welcome speeches by the Leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam and the National Assembly of Korea.
Mrs. Le Thi Thu Hang, Assistant Minister, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam highly appreciated the theme of the 5th Vietnam-Korea Forum for the Future and said that this would be an important basis for leaders of the two countries. consider and aim to raise the level of relations between the two countries in the nearest time. Moreover, she also analyzed the important role and function correlation between VASS - the leading social science research agency in Vietnam and KF - the focal point to strengthen the Korean friendship partnership with other countries. countries, including Vietnam. Over the years, KF's activities in Vietnam have been very effective, especially in cooperation in training, knowledge exchange, sharing and scientific research. Accordingly, Mrs. Le Thi Thu Hang expressed her belief in the efforts and coordination of the two agencies and hoped that the 5th Forum would be a valuable opportunity for the delegates to re-evaluate the achievements in the relationship between the two countries in recent times, outstanding problems, causes and lessons. Thereby proposing specific policies for the Party and State of Vietnam as well as the Government of the Republic of Korea in order to raise the level of development between the two countries to a new height for the bright future of the two countries and two peoples.
Korean Ambassador to Vietnam, Mr. Park Noh Wan confirmed that, Vietnam and Korea considered each other as important and leading partners in the fields of communication such as trade, investment, development cooperation, tourism and now, the two countries are building close ties in new areas such as economic security, health, climate change, defense and strategic cooperation at international and regional levels. In particular, the Ambassador emphasized the importance of the 5th Forum at a time of stepping stone and that the Forum will be an important body to invent the future path of the two countries.
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In the warm and friendly atmosphere of the two peoples, Comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh, Member of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the National Assembly, Chairman of the Vietnam-RoK Friendship Parliamentary Group expressed her gratitude to the people of the two countries and glad to be able to attend and speak welcome at the Forum. She appreciated the 30-year journey of establishing diplomatic relations between Viet Nam and Korea. Over the past time, the Vietnam - Korea Friendship Parliamentarians Group has carried out a variety of activities, achieving many positive results, contributing to being an important bridge to strengthen trust and create a reliable foundation, politics, bringing cooperation into depth, efficiency and practicality.
At this forum, he expressed his wish that the two sides would jointly create new dynamics, provide appropriate strategic directions and solutions, and deepen the close relationship; promote exchanges, improve the effectiveness of dialogues and creators. Accordingly, continuing to expand cooperation in the fields of politics, diplomacy, defense and security; economy, science-technology, energy; health, culture, education, tourism; promoting people-to-people transactions, enhancing impacts between localities… Through forums held alternately between the two countries, Comrade Nguyen Thi Thanh expressed her deep belief in the Vietnam-Korea relationship. The nation will continue to be fixed and developed for the sake of the people, for peace, stability and common development in the region and in the world.
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In the welcome speech, Mr. Hong Sung Guk, National Assembly member and Vice Chairman of the Korea-Vietnam Friendship Parliamentarians Association, expressed his pleasure when Korea and Vietnam decided to raise the level of cooperation partnership. comprehensive strategy on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations. He emphasized the close connection between the two countries based on deep people-to-people exchanges and high homogeneity in cultural history. Thereby, Mr. Hong Sung Guk also hoped that, through this 5th Forum, the scholars of the two sides would come together to discuss effectively, review the 30-year journey and propose tasks for the next period.
The forum received 12 reports, divided into 03 sessions, the speakers focused on discussing the following main topics:
Session 1: Looking back on 30 years of Vietnam-Korea cooperation, The speakers (Mr. Pham Tien Van, former Ambassador of Vietnam to Korea, Standing Vice President and General Secretary of the Vietnam Friendship Association- Korea; Mr. Im Hong Jae, Former Korean Ambassador to Vietnam; Dr. Nguyen Thi Tham, VASS; Prof. Lee Han Woo, Institute of East Asian Studies, Sogang University) jointly analyzed and evaluated the results of the cooperation. cooperation, achievements, limitations and causes in various fields during the 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries and especially since becoming a strategic cooperation partner in 2009 (politics, diplomacy, economy, trade, investment, security, strategy, education-training, tourism, agriculture, science and technology...).
Session 2: Vietnam-Korea strategic cooperation in the new international political-economic context, The speakers (Prof. Lee Jae Hyon, ASEAN Policy Research Institute; Colonel Vu Van Khanh, Institute of Strategy Defense, Ministry of National Defense; Prof. Kim Hyun Wook, Korean Diplomatic Academy, Dr. Phi Vinh Tuong, VASS) shared information and awareness about traditional and non-traditional security threats before changing changing the new international political-economic context; outlining the opportunities and constraints or strategic concerns of each. Thereby proposing the direction of strategic cooperation between the two countries in the coming time.
Session 3: Prospects, opportunities and solutions to elevate the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Korea. The speakers (Journalist Dang Thieu Ngan, Director of External Relations and International Cooperation of Naver Vietnam; Prof. Park Bun Soon, Korea University; Assoc. Prof. Dr. Pham Quy Long, VASS; Prof. Yoon Jin Pyo, Emeritus Professor at the Faculty of Politics and Foreign Affairs, Sungshin Women's University) analyzed the prospects and opportunities for cooperation between the two countries in the fields of pillar cooperation: digital economy, politics-diplomacy, security - defense, health, education - training, culture ..., promoting active participation in the global network. Thereby proposing and recommending specific solutions to realize the comprehensive strategic partnership between Vietnam and Korea.
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In order to strengthen the strategic partnership of the two countries in the coming time, towards a comprehensive strategic partnership, the delegates had lively exchanges and made many meaningful proposals and recommendations. Not only in bilateral diplomatic relations, in economic, cultural and social cooperation, but also in the field of security and defense. In particular, the recommendations focused on how to substantively strengthen the comprehensive strategic partnership, share information, enhance mutual understanding and strengthen strategic trust; promote cooperation between the two countries within the framework of multilateral and international mechanisms such as ASEAN-Korea, Mekong-Korea, ARF, APEC...as well as in participating in global initiatives on climate change, pandemic prevention, increase cooperation opportunities in important fields such as digital economy, health, education, training, culture... In addition, there are a number of recommendations focusing on environmental creation, more favorable for businesses of the two countries to trade and invest, especially in the fields of innovation, new materials, semiconductors, ensuring the sustainability of production and supply chains, exploiting results of the Vietnam-Korea Free Trade Agreement.
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The Forum for the Future Vietnam-Korea is an important channel for dialogue between policy makers, policy practitioners, experts and scholars from Vietnam and Korea. The opinions exchanged at the Forum will be synthesized and distilled into a "Report on Recommendations" to be submitted to the Governments of the two countries in order to contribute to promoting and raising the relationship between Vietnam and Korea to a new height. Thereby clarifying the content of the "comprehensive strategic partnership" between Vietnam and Korea in the new context, for the beautiful future of the two countries, for the peace and prosperity of the region and the world.
Nguyễn Thu Trang
