President Luong Cuong receives Mayor of Busan City

Photo caption — President Luong Cuong receives Busan Mayor Park Heong-joon. Photo: Lam Khanh/VNA

On behalf of the leadership and people of Busan City, Mayor Park Heong Joon expressed his honor and warmly welcomed President Luong Cuong and the high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to visit Busan City; expressed his joy at the excellent development of the Korea-Vietnam relationship in many fields.

Mayor Park Heong Joon affirmed that the visit of General Secretary To Lam to announce the establishment of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Busan city in August 2025 and the visit of President Luong Cuong to Busan city this time will contribute significantly to promoting substantive cooperation between Busan city and Vietnamese localities.

President Luong Cuong expressed his delight that after more than 30 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam and the Republic of Korea have officially upgraded their relationship to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership (December 2022) and become each other's leading important partners in the region; affirmed that the potential for cooperation between the two countries is still very large and the two sides are actively cooperating to successfully achieve the goal of increasing bilateral trade turnover to 150 billion USD by 2030 in a balanced and sustainable direction.

President Luong Cuong congratulated Busan on its great achievements in developing into the second largest economic center of Korea and the fifth largest port city in the world; and thanked the city's leadership for its active support for the activities of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Busan. President Luong Cuong suggested that Busan continue to promote and expand cooperation with Vietnamese provinces and cities, especially in cooperation with Busan's strengths in the fields of seaports and shipbuilding.

On this occasion, President Luong Cuong thanked and hoped that the Busan city government would continue to care for and support the Vietnamese community living, studying and working in Busan, thereby contributing to the city's development, as well as effectively promoting the role of a bridge of friendship between the two countries.

Expressing his appreciation and high agreement with the directions and directions of President Luong Cuong, Mayor Park Heong Joon pledged that Busan city will continue to closely coordinate with Ho Chi Minh City and other provinces and cities of Vietnam to strengthen substantive cooperation in areas where both sides have strengths, especially in the fields of seaports, shipbuilding, training of high-quality human resources, and tourism cooperation, thereby contributing to the substantial development of the Korea-Vietnam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Mayor Park Heong Joon affirmed that the Busan city government is ready to support and facilitate the activities of the Vietnamese Consulate General in Busan; at the same time, continue to have policies to protect the legitimate rights of 14,000 Vietnamese citizens in Busan city, thereby creating conditions for the Vietnamese community to integrate better and more deeply and contribute to the city's development, as well as effectively promote the role of a bridge of friendship between the two countries.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/chu-tich-nuoc-luong-cuong-tiep-thi-truong-thanh-pho-busan-20251101160825531.htm