At the reception, PM Dung said that Vietnam-RoK cooperation in various fields, based on the strategic partnership, has greatly benefited the two nations’ common development.

PM Dung praised the close cooperation between the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and the RoK’s Ministry for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, hoping that the RoK will continue to support Vietnam’s development of agriculture, forestry and fisheries through building a vocational training centre, sharing experiences in developing a new village model and boosting cooperation in producing vaccines against bird flu.

For his part, Minister Yong said he will do his best to implement the areas of cooperation proposed by PM Dung and hoped that Vietnam will create the best possible conditions for Korean businesses to bring long-term investment to the country, especially in agro-forestry-fishery product processing.

The RoK will carry out solutions to expand import markets and help Vietnamese agro-forestry-fishery products penetrate the Korean market, Mr Yong said.

He also proposed streamlining administrative procedures related to export-import activities between the two countries to help their agro-forestry-fishery products achieve greater market penetration.