VOV.VN - Several travel firms from the Republic of Korea (RoK) have unveiled plans to attract more Vietnamese tourists to many of their popular destinations at the recent Vietnam International Travel Mart (VITM) 2024, according to the Korea Tourism Organization (KTO).

Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Head of the ASEAN Senior Official Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam Do Hung Viet and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, SOM Leader of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Chung Byung-won co-chaired the 28th ASEAN-RoK Dialogue on April 4.

The Vietnamese association in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on March 31 opened a Vietnamese language class for children of multi-cultural families.

Ho Chi Minh City wishes to strengthen cooperation with localities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), said Politburo member, Secretary of the city Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen on March 27 while receiving Director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Song Nam.

The Vietnam – Korea University of Information and Communication Technology (VKU) in the central city of Da Nang on March 26 launched a programme on human resources training for integrated circuit (IC) design.

Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Commission for External Relations Le Hoai Trung held talks with visiting Director of the International Department of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Kim Song Nam in Hanoi on March 25.

Group tourists from three Southeast Asian countries, including Vietnam, can travel without a visa to the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Jeonllanam-do province (Jeonnam) through Muan international airport until March 2025, according to a statement released by the provincial administration on February 27.

VOV.VN - E1, the No1 liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) company in the Republic of Korea, has signed a joint contract with Venus Gas, the largest LPG importer in northern Vietnam, to build an 80,000-tonne LPG refrigeration tank terminal in Bac Tien Phong industrial complex in Vietnam’s Quang Ninh province.

VOV.VN - In 2023 Vietnam continued to surpass Japan, becoming the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s third largest trade partner for the second consecutive year despite import-export turnover with the East Asian nation seeing a drop compared to 2022, according to data released on February 5 by the Korea International Trade Association (KITA).

Hanoi is set to implement measures aimed at attracting foreign visitors in 2024, focusing on such key markets as Northeast Asia, the EU, and the US, the municipal Department of Tourism said at its January 19 conference to deploy working plans this year.