Ho Chi Minh City steps up collaboration with RoK’s province

Under the terms of the document, the municipal People's Committee and the North Chungcheong government agreed to expand and develop collaboration programmes effectively and mutually beneficially, on the basis of long-term friendship and cultural exchanges between the people of Vietnam and the RoK.

Both sides will prioritise economic linkages, exchange experience and smart production technologies in agricultural production, boost collaboration between universities and high schools, whilst encouraging and creating conditions for businesses to carry out co-operative activities across a variety of fields such as aviation, sports, and tourism.

Speaking before the signing ceremony, Phan Van Mai, chairman of the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, affirmed that the southern city desires to boost ties with North Chungcheong as a means of jointly exploiting each other's strengths to serve the further development of the two localities.

Furthermore, Governor of the RoK province Kim Yong Hwan stated that North Chungcheong is home to some world leading secondary battery manufacturers and is also the RoK's leading locality in the research and production of strategic industries, including semiconductors, biotechnology, food processing, and cosmetics.

These are the fields in which North Chungcheong wants to co-operate with Ho Chi Minh City in moving forward, he stressed.

Governor Kim also said that his province is willing to provide 100 scholarships for Ho Chi Minh City’s students, graduate students, and scientists to study and research in the locality in agriculture, the high-tech industry, and semiconductor sectors.