After wrapping up a state visit to India, South Korean President Lee Jae-myung arrived in Hanoi on April 21 (local time) to begin a state visit to Vietnam.
The presidential aircraft carrying Lee and first lady Kim Hye-kyung landed at Noi Bai International Airport that afternoon.
Lee is scheduled to hold a luncheon meeting with South Koreans living in Vietnam on April 22, then meet with To Lam, Vietnam’s Communist Party general secretary and state president, for summit talks. The schedule also includes an exchange of memorandums of understanding, a joint press statement and a state banquet.
On April 23, Lee is to meet Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man, then attend a Korea-Vietnam business forum to discuss ways to expand economic cooperation.
On the final day, April 24, Lee and To Lam are set to tour the Imperial Citadel of Thang Long, a major cultural heritage site in Hanoi, as part of a friendship program.
National Security Office Director Wi Sung-lac said in a pre-visit briefing that To Lam visited South Korea last year as the first state guest of Lee’s presidency, and that Lee is the first foreign leader to make a state visit since Vietnam’s new leadership took office.
Wi said the visit aims to strengthen mutually beneficial, strategic cooperation in key areas of national development, including nuclear power, and to bolster cooperation on stabilizing energy supply chains and securing critical minerals.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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