Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Tuong Van received and worked with Mr. Kum HanSeung, Korean Deputy Minister of Environment on promoting cooperation relations between the two countries in the field of construction, on March 31st, in presence of leaders of functional departments and agencies under the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction; leaders of agencies under the Korean Ministry of Environment.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Tuong Van spoke at the working session
Deputy Minister Nguyen Tuong Van welcomed Deputy Minister Kum HanSeung and the delegation to Vietnam, and thanked the Korean Ministry of Environment for the contributions and assistance in contruction sector. Deputy Minister Van highly apppreciated the cooperation achievements between the two ministries in the past time, and also hoped that the cooperation relationship would continue to be maintained and enhanced in the next period. He also proposed the Korean Ministry of Environment continually supporting Vietnamese Ministry of Construction in areas of green growth and intelligence urban development in response to climate change; implementation of ODA projects; green urban planning and development, urban infrastructure and environment; perfecting mechanisms, policies, standards and codes such as the Law on Urban Planning, water supply and drainage standards...; supporting activities of conferences, seminars, international visits; training experts; creating conditions for businesses of the two countries in the field of urban infrastructure; developing a draft of a Memorandum of Understanding between the two countries in the next period to replace the 2013 Memorandum of Understanding.
Deputy Minister Kum HanSeung at the meeting
Korean Deputy Minister of Environment Kum HanSeung expressed his pleasure to visit Vietnam and recognized the outstanding cooperation achievements between the two ministries in the field of construction since the signing of the Memorandum of Understanding in 2013; emphasized that the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea in 2022 has elevated the relationship between the two countries to a strategic partnership.
Deputy Minister Kum HanSeung said that he would accept the comments of the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction on the plan to sign a new Memorandum of Understanding; appointed a focal point to coordinate research and development of the draft; shared experiences in the fields, especially water supply and drainage; proposed an ODA project on the establishment of a concentrated industrial cluster for Vietnam - Korea enterprises and waste treatment plants to exchange information and transfer technology between the two countries; proposed the Ministry of Construction of Vietnam creating a typical model in construction cooperation between Vietnam and Korea.
Working session scene
Through the content of exchange; cooperation results in the past time and the potential and need for cooperation in the coming period, the two sides have agreed on the plans to be implemented in the near future: signing a Memorandum of Understanding between the two ministries with the main focus on green growth and water supply and drainage (expected in September 2023); maintaining and promoting the cooperative relationship between the two sides both before and after the signing of the next Memorandum of Understanding. The Vietnamese Ministry of Construction asked the Korean Ministry of Environment to provide specific proposals on ODA projects in building industrial clusters to conduct research and submit to the Government. The Korean Ministry of Environment also hopes that the Vietnamese Ministry of Construction is more interested in Korean’s construction projects in Vietnam.
Deputy Minister Nguyen Tuong Van presented a gift to Deputy Minister Kum Hanseung.
Photo of the whole group