Yisang-il, Mayor of Yongin, Official 3-Night 4-Day Visit to Quang Nam Province, Vietnam

Attendance at the International Lotus Village Library MOU Signing and Groundbreaking Ceremony
Discussions with Local Officials on Strategies for Yongin Companies Entering the Market

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province announced that Mayor Lee Sang-il will officially visit Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, for a 3-night, 4-day trip from the 25th to the 28th to explore international friendship cooperation and ways for local companies to enter the Vietnamese market.

Lee Sang-il, Mayor of Yongin, and the Yongin city delegation are pledging a successful official visit to Vietnam at Incheon International Airport. Photo by Yongin City

Mayor Lee Sang-il and the city delegation will meet with Le Van Trung, Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee, in Hoi An, a major city in Quang Nam Province, to discuss international cooperation plans. It is also reported that Kim Sang-sik, the coach of the Vietnam national football team, will attend this meeting.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Mayor Lee will hold a meeting with Nguyen Duy An, Mayor of Tam Ky City, the capital of Quang Nam Province, and sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support the construction of the "Yongin Smart Digital Library" in Tam Ky City and to support library programs.

The mayor's delegation is especially scheduled to attend the groundbreaking ceremony for the "Yongin Smart Digital Library," which the city has supported through Official Development Assistance (ODA) within the International Lotus Village in Tam Ky City. The International Lotus Village, established locally in 2015 by the International Lotus Village Corporation, is a Korean-style welfare town equipped with a vocational training center with lecture and practice rooms for talent development, a Korean language school, and a daycare center.

As part of the ODA, the city decided to promote the construction of the library in Tam Ky City and secured a budget of 200 million KRW last year after receiving final approval from the International Development Cooperation Committee to support the library's construction.

The city established a friendship tie with Quang Nam Province in 2013 and has continued institutional visits and event exchanges since then. Tam Ky City, the capital of Quang Nam Province, is a transportation hub and economic trade city adjacent to Da Nang in central Vietnam, Chu Lai Airport, and Chu Lai Industrial Complex.

During the visit, Mayor Lee plans to meet with Kang Bu-seong, Consul General of Da Nang, Vietnam; Jo Ju-yeon, Director of the Da Nang Trade Office; and Nguyen Thin Quang, President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, to understand local economic trends and explore market entry strategies for local companies.

Mayor Lee said, "Vietnam is a key member of ASEAN and a major trading partner of Korea, whose economy is rapidly growing. Through exchange and cooperation activities, the relationship between the two cities will become stronger, and I believe it will also help Yongin companies enter the Vietnamese market."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.