At the ceremony, Don Tuan Phong, Vice President in-charge and Secretary General of the Viet Nam Union of Friendship Organizations (VUFO), said that Viet Nam and Korea have been developing on the basis of friendly cooperation sharing the similarities in terms of culture, customs, creativity and high spirit of national independence; The bilateral cooperation continues to bring practical benefits, contributing significantly to the development of each country and positively to peace, stability as well as development in the region and the world.
Appreciating the contribution of Park Sang-Shik during his tenure in Viet Nam, Don Tuan Phong thanked Park Sang-Shik his support with local authorities and Vietnamese counterparts to explore, exchange information and share specific cooperation ideas to enhance cooperative activities between the two countries, such as promoting and supporting the licensing program for Vietnamese laborers working in Korea; To increase cooperation and exchange programs on introducing culture, tourism, music and feature films on the broadcasting channels of the Radio Voice of Vietnam, with many efforts to promote people-to-people exchanges, such as assisting localities in the two countries to establish and strengthen cooperation, calling for Korean enterprises to invest in Viet Nam; propagandizing the Viet Nam - South Korea relations for students at universities; Connecting and mobilizing the Korean community to implement programs/projects and humanitarian activities for people in disadvantaged areas of Viet Nam such as Lao Cai, Yen Bai ...
To recognize the positive contribution of the Viet Nam - Korea friendship, on behalf of VUFO, Don Tuan Phong decorated the medal "For the peace and friendship among nations" to Park Sang-Shik.
At the ceremony, on behalf of the leaders of Yen Bai province, Pham Thi Thanh Tra, Member of Central Party Committee, Secretary of Yen Bai Provincial Party Committee awarded the certificate to Park Sang Shik for his contribution to the socio-economic development of Yen Bai province.
Nguyen Huu The, Vice Chairman of Lao Cai People's Committee, presented the badge "For the sake of construction and development of Lao Cai province" to Park Sang-Shik for his contribution.
Park Sang-Shik thanked the leaders of VUFO and all localities, friends, partners and the Korean Embassy in Viet Nam for their support in fulfilling their mission in Viet Nam. He affirmed that the medal he received today would be a symbol of the deep concern of the Vietnamese people for the bilateral relation with Korea and in the future, he would continue to cooperate and help to promote further exchanges between the peoples of the two countries.
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