Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and his spouse will attend the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Commemorative Summit in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the ASEAN-RoK Dialogue Relations (1989-2014), and visit the RoK from December 10-12.
The Prime Minister’s summit attendance and visit are made at the invitation of Korean President Park Geun-hye.
ASEAN and the RoK have ceaselessly promoted their dialogue ties, and the relationship was upgraded to a strategic partnership in 2010.
Both sides aim for US$150 billion in two-way trade by 2015 and US$200 billion by 2020.
The RoK is currently second largest foreign direct investor and trade partner of Vietnam with two-way trade turnover reaching US$27.5 billion last year.
The country is also the second largest ODA provider for Vietnam with a pledged amount of US$1.2 billion for 2012-2015.
(VOV)