Lee Jae-myung to Meet Top Vietnamese Business Leaders... 70 MOUs to Be Signed

\r [The Financial News, Hanoi (Vietnam) = Choi Jong-geun]President Lee Jae-myung, who is on a state visit to Vietnam, held a summit with To Lam, the CPV general secretary and state president, on the 22nd. On the 23rd, he will meet with Prime Minister Le Minh Hung, Vietnam's No. 2 official, and then hold a meeting and luncheon with National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, the country's No. 3 official. He will then attend the Korea-Vietnam Business Forum and meet leading business figures from both countries.
More than 500 people, including members of the 109-company Korean economic delegation, government officials, representatives of public institutions, and business leaders from both countries, are expected to attend the Korea-Vietnam Business Forum, held to coincide with President Lee's state visit to Vietnam. In his keynote speech, Lee is expected to stress the importance of bilateral cooperation in responding to recent global uncertainty and promoting shared growth, given the closely linked trade and investment ties between Korea and Vietnam.
More than 250 Korean participants are expected, including Chey Tae-won, chairman of the Korea Chamber of Commerce and Industry and SK Group chairman, as well as Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, Koo Kwang-mo, chairman of LG, Shin Dong-bin, chairman of Lotte Group, Chang In-hwa, chairman of POSCO, and Kisun Chung, chairman of HD Hyundai. On the Vietnamese side, participants include PVN Chairman Le Ngoc Son, EVN Chairman Dang Hoang An, Sun Group Chairman Dang Minh Truong, THACO Group Chairman Tran Ba Duong, and FPT Corporation Chairman Truong Gia Binh.
At the event, more than 70 memorandums of understanding are expected to be signed between companies from the two countries in a wide range of sectors, including advanced technology, consumer goods, infrastructure, energy, and finance.
cjk@fnnews.com Choi Jong-geun Reporter