Thua Thien-Hue beef up cooperation with RoK localities
Vietnam’s central coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue is cooperating with localities in the Republic of Korea (RoK) in various fields such as planning, health, tourism, and industry.
Huong River in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue (Photo VNA)
Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) – Vietnam’scentral coastal province of Thua Thien-Hue is cooperating with localities inthe Republic of Korea (RoK) in various fields such as planning, health,tourism, and industry.
According to Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Van Cao, the RoK led foreign markets in the number of touristsvisiting Thua Thien-Hue with 207,783 visitors, making up 25.5 percent of thetotal number of foreign holidaymakers.
Thua Thien-Hue is also an attractive destinationfor many Korean investors, he said, adding that a signing ceremony was recentlyheld in Hue city to set up twinning ties between the province and Wandodistrict in South Jeolla province.
Accordingly, the two sides will cooperate inpeople-to-people exchanges, economics, culture, art and sports. Particularly,the sides will exchanging new aquaculture techniques and collaborate in seafoodprocessing, tourism and labour supply.
The provincial External Relations Department andWando district’s office are responsible for supporting partners of the twolocalities to build cooperation programmes and projects within the framework ofthe signed agreement – which will be valid for five years since the signingday.
Earlier, Thua Thien-Hue and the KoreanTraditional Craft Association reached an agreement to boost cultural exchanges.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’sCommittee Nguyen Dung said the two sides will hold mutual visits and establishan exhibit house of Korean traditional technologies in Hue city.
The Korean association will sign a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with the Hue University to provide scholarships for excellentstudents, and cover all expenses for the province’s students who aspire tostudy in the RoK.
The RoK will also offer an aid package of 6million USD from its government’s non-refundable official developmentassistance (ODA) to carry out a planning scheme for the two banks of Huongriver toward preserving the cultural, historical values and tourismdevelopment.-VNA
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Huong River in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue (Photo VNA) 
