KOTRA President Holds Strategy Meeting on Expanding Trade and Investment in Vietnam and India

First Overseas Trip Since Taking Office Last Month
Emphasizing the Importance of ASEAN and India Markets

Kang Kyung-sung, President of the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA), held a trade and investment expansion strategy meeting on the 16th in Hanoi, Vietnam, attended by 15 heads of overseas trade offices from 11 countries in the Southeast Asia and Oceania regions, KOTRA announced on the 18th.

Kang Kyung-sung, President of KOTRA (third from the left), is speaking at the "Southeast Asia Regional Headquarters Trade and Investment Expansion Strategy Meeting" held in Hanoi, Vietnam on the 17th. Photo by KOTRA

This meeting was Kang’s first overseas schedule since his inauguration last month. Kang emphasized the importance of ASEAN and India, a massive market with a population of 2.1 billion, and encouraged the discovery of new demand for Korean companies.

On the 19th, Kang is scheduled to move to New Delhi, India, to hold a trade and investment expansion strategy meeting for the South Asia region and explore ways to expand market entry for Korean companies.

Meanwhile, regarding the recent domestic political situation, KOTRA stated that on the 16th, Kang delivered a message to the KOTRA organization, including 129 trade offices established in 84 countries worldwide, urging them to "steadfastly perform their core duties."

In this message, Kang said, "Despite the recent political situation, explain well to local businesspeople that the Korean economy is fundamentally strong and operating normally," and urged, "We will actively provide support for our companies’ exports, overseas expansion, investment attraction, supply chain stabilization, and trade response."

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