President Nguyen Xuan Phuc will be the first foreign senior leader to pay a state visit to the RoK since President Yoon took office, showing the RoK’s appreciation of its ties with Vietnam when the Vietnamese President will be welcomed with the highest rites. Vietnam and the RoK established their diplomatic relations on December 22, 1992 but they had engaged in cooperative activities earlier. In August 2001, the two nations issued a joint statement on the comprehensive partnership in the 21st century on the occasion of Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong's visit to the RoK. In October 2009, the bilateral ties were upgraded to a strategic cooperative partnership during the Vietnam visit by President Lee Myung-bak. On political, national defense - security cooperation, the exchange of delegations and bilateral meetings have been maintained in both online and in-person formats. As of September 2022, the RoK remained the biggest foreign investor in Vietnam with 80.52 billion USD, … [Read more...] about President’s state visit expected to further promote Vietnam – RoK relations
