Twenty-one doctors, medical staff and interpreters from the Republic of Korea (RoK) – Vietnam Exchange and Development Committee organised a voluntary medical programme in Thanh Hoa city, the north central province of the same name on October 26.

VOV.VN - Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Tran Sy Thanh had a host of meetings with senior officials as well as representatives of several major enterprises of the Republic of Korea during his working visit to the Northeast Asian nation from October 19-22.

A cultural festival has been held in Uijeongbu city of the Republic of Korea (RoK)'s Gyeonggi province to mark the 10th anniversary of the Vietnam Women’s Association (VWA) in the country.

The Mekong Delta province of Bac Lieu on October 21 signed a cooperation agreement with Uiseong county, Gyeongsangbuk-do province of the Republic of Korea (RoK) on sending local labourers to the RoK to work seasonally under the form of locality-to-locality collaboration between the two countries in the 2023 - 2027 period.

The Vietnam Football Association in Korea (VFAK) has signed a 10-year cooperation agreement with the Daejeon-based IC Food company to foster football development among Vietnamese expatriates.

The DGB Financial Group from the Republic of Korea (RoK) will work with the Vietnamese Students' Association in Korea (VSAK) to offer programmes aimed at protecting Vietnamese students from financial fraud.

VOV.VN - The Republic of Korea (RoK) considers Vietnam a key partner in implementing its Indo-Pacific Strategy and the ASEAN-Korea Solidarity Initiative, affirmed Chang Ho-jin, special advisor on Foreign Affairs and Security of RoK President Yoon Suk-yeol, during a reception hosted by Party General Secretary and President To Lam of Vietnam in Hanoi on October 15.

The Government of the Republic of Korea (RoK) has committed US$1 million to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to support Vietnam's recovery efforts under the “Inclusive early recovery and reconstruction programme after Typhoon Yagi”.

Investment of the Republic of Korea (RoK) in Vietnam has gradually expanded from heavy industries to a wide range of high-tech industries, significantly contributing to the development of the manufacturing industry and high technology transfer between the two countries, according to the Korean Chamber of Commerce in Vietnam (KOCHAM).

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh of Vietnam urged ASEAN and China to promote strategic connectivity, while addressing the 27th ASEAN-China summit in Vientiane, Laos, on October 10.