Former RoK Prime Minister passes away in Ho Chi Minh City after serious illness
Over the past days, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs has worked closely with the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee and relevant agencies to provide the best possible medical care for former Prime Minister of the Republic of Korea Lee Hae-chan in the city, the ministry’s spokesperson Pham Thu Hang said.
“However, due to the severity of his illness, Lee Hae-chan passed away,” Hang said in response to reporters’ questions seeking confirmation of the former leader’s death in Ho Chi Minh City.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and other Vietnamese leaders have extended profound condolences to the Government of the Republic of Korea and the bereaved family, the spokesperson said.
Official calls for stronger Vietnam – RoK economic, locality-to-locality links
Vice Chairwoman of the National Assembly Nguyen Thi Thanh on December 26 received a delegation of the Kimhakmin E-roun Institute for Economic Research led by Prof. Kim Hak-min, head of the Ethics Investigation Advisory Committee of the Republic of Korea (RoK) National Assembly.
