She also welcomed the Vietnam and RoK Chambers of Commerce and Industry’s efforts to organize an exchange between businesses from their respective countries in Seoul on September 18.

The event gave enterprises a chance to seek cooperation, trade and investment opportunities as well as to share experiences in corporate operation to overcome difficulties from the global economic crisis, she added.

Earlier, the State Vice President received Chairman of the RoK Chamber of Commerce and Industry Kyung Shik Sohm, praising the chamber’s role in organizing the 2nd Asian Women Entrepreneurs Conference (AWEC).

She underscored that Vietnam is an open market, offering investment and business potential and opportunities for foreign enterprises and investors, including RoK businesses.

The RoK has invested in more than 2,000 projects in Vietnam capitalized at US$16 billion, ranking 4^th among foreign investors in the country. It is also Vietnam’s third largest labour export market, with about 54,000 Vietnamese now working in the Northeast Asian nation.