(MPI) – At the meeting with President of the Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA) Chang Won Sam taking place on the afternoon of March 19, 3, Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung highly appreciated the results. results of Vietnam - Korea cooperation in general as well as cooperation between Vietnam and KOICA in particular; We hope that Korea will continue to increase the scale of non-refundable aid to Vietnam, especially in the fields of innovation, green growth, and human resource training.
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| Minister Nguyen Chi Dung and Mr. Chang Won Sam at the reception. Photo: MPI |
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung welcomed Mr. Chang Won Sam and the delegation to visit and work at the Ministry of Planning and Investment; Emphasizing that Vietnam - Korea have a very good, long-standing traditional friendship relationship and are at the best stage of development. The two countries have upgraded their relationship to a comprehensive strategic partnership. This is an important foundation to continue to further promote cooperative relationships in many fields.
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung said that Vietnam is focusing on prioritizing transforming the growth model towards increasing productivity, quality, and efficiency based on science and technology, innovation, and quality of human resources; develop new economic models such as digital economy, green economy, circular economy. To contribute to achieving these goals, Vietnam hopes that Korea in general and KOICA in particular will continue to support and increase the scale of non-refundable aid to Vietnam, especially in the fields of digital transformation. , green growth, human resource training.
Along with that, support in improving the competitiveness of businesses and the economy to participate more deeply in the value chain, with breakthroughs and acceleration in the coming time; support hunger eradication and poverty reduction, high-tech agriculture, circular economy; Promote the development of priority industries of the National Innovation Center as well as support the development of human resources in the semiconductor industry by 2030, with a vision to 2045 with the goal of training 50 thousand technical skills. professor until 2030.
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung also asked KOICA to consider promoting the Korean Government to make an official commitment to the Rural Power Supply Project from the national grid in Dien Bien province. At the same time, affirming that, as an agency performing the state management function of official development assistance (ODA), preferential loans and non-refundable aid, the Ministry of Planning and Investment will continue to Continue to coordinate closely with relevant agencies in implementing procedures to implement projects to ensure set goals.
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| Overview of the meeting. Photo: MPI |
Speaking at the reception, Mr. Chang Won Sam thanked Minister Nguyen Chi Dung for the welcome as well as the assessments and shared information; expressed his impression of Vietnam's very strong development, including important contributions from the Ministry of Planning and Investment. At the same time, he affirmed that Vietnam is an important partner of Korea in general and KOICA in particular and will always be ready to cooperate and accompany Vietnam in implementing the set goals.
Mr. Chang Won Sam said that the purpose of working in Vietnam this time is to evaluate the implementation of KOICA's projects in Vietnam and discuss with the Vietnamese side about cooperation orientations to concretize commitments. ODA for Vietnam for the period 2024-2027. The Korean government decided to increase the scale of non-refundable aid to a number of countries, including Vietnam as the top priority partner, and is expected to increase the scale of ODA capital for Vietnam to more than 2024 million in 52. million USD, an increase of nearly 50% compared to 2023.
In recent times, KOICA's ODA projects in Vietnam have focused on the fields of public administration, health care, and education. In the coming time, KOICA's projects will be based on Vietnam's needs, which will expand into new areas such as climate change adaptation and digital transformation.
Minister Nguyen Chi Dung highly appreciated the ODA cooperation situation in recent times and Korea's future cooperation directions. At the same time, he expressed his belief that the results achieved in recent times are an important basis for the Vietnam - Korea cooperative relationship to develop significantly in all fields in the coming time./.
