Jin Byeong-yeong, Hamyang County Governor, to Visit Vietnam Nam Tra My District, Overseas Sister City

From July 31, 4 days and 3 nights schedule, Seasonal Worker Introduction Agreement and Participation in Sansam Festival

Hamyang County Office building exterior view

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Jin Byeong-yeong, the mayor of Hamyang County, will visit Nam Tra My District in Vietnam, a sister city, for the first time since his inauguration.

This visit aims to dispatch and introduce seasonal Vietnamese workers to address the chronic labor shortage caused by the decline and aging of the rural population, and it is expected to help alleviate the rural labor shortage.

According to Hamyang County, Mayor Jin Byeong-yeong plans to visit Nam Tra My District, a sister city in Vietnam, for a short 3-night, 4-day trip from the 31st to August 3rd.

The goodwill delegation will carry out a tight schedule including a tour of the wild ginseng cultivation site starting on the 1st, a visit to Jarin Kindergarten, a welcoming ceremony and seasonal worker agreement, and attendance at the 4th Nokrin Wild Ginseng Festival, aiming to promote goodwill during the short period.

Mayor Jin said, “As this is my first overseas sister city visit during my term, I will strive to successfully conclude the agreement for the introduction of seasonal workers along with enhancing goodwill with Nam Tra My District, and promote exchange projects that provide practical benefits to the residents.”

Meanwhile, Nam Tra My District in Quang Nam Province, located in Vietnam’s highest inland area, is a representative cultivation site of Vietnamese wild ginseng called Nokrin Sam, and signed a sister city exchange agreement with the county in 2015.

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