Vice Minister Lee Tae-ho to Visit Vietnam from 3rd to 5th... Dispatch of Joint Public-Private Delegation to Korea-Mekong Forum

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] Lee Tae-ho, the 2nd Vice Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will visit Vietnam from the 3rd to the 5th upon the invitation of the Vietnamese government.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the 3rd, Vice Minister Lee will attend the 8th Korea-Mekong Business Forum in Vietnam and hold meetings with high-ranking Vietnamese officials.

The Korea-Mekong Business Forum is a public-private cooperation forum attended by representatives of private companies and government officials from Korea and the five Mekong countries: Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. It has been held annually since 2013. This year’s forum will be held under the theme "Business in the New Normal: Turning Vulnerability into Resilience," jointly hosted by the Korea International Trade Association and the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, using a hybrid format of in-person and virtual meetings.

To attend this forum, the government plans to dispatch a joint public-private delegation led by Vice Minister Lee Tae-ho as the chief representative, including representatives from public institutions such as the Korea International Trade Association and business leaders.

Through this, they plan to focus discussions on the challenges faced by small and medium-sized enterprises and small business owners amid the COVID-19 situation, and ways in which Korea-Mekong cooperation can contribute to overcoming these challenges, together with government and business representatives from the five Mekong countries.

An official from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs explained, "This visit by Vice Minister Lee is part of the active high-level exchanges between the two countries following Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha’s official visit to Vietnam last September," adding, "It is expected to be a good opportunity to discuss not only public-private cooperation measures to strengthen Korea-Mekong cooperation but also key bilateral issues such as the Korea-Vietnam special entry procedures."

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