At the invitation of Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son, Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin paid an official visit to Vietnam on October 18, 2022. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

The visit of Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin has taken place on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Vietnam and Korea (December 22, 1992 - 2022). (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

Welcoming Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son was delighted to see that after 30 years, the relationship between Vietnam and Korea has got many outstanding achievements and the two countries are now important partners of each other's. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

The two sides have upgraded their relations twice, to a Comprehensive Partnership for the 21st Century in 2001 and a Strategic Cooperation Partnership in 2009, and are aiming to upgrade to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership this year. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

The defense, security and diplomatic cooperation mechanisms are maintained regularly. Cooperation through the Party and National Assembly channels continues to bring into full play its real effectiveness. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son introduced members of Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs delegation to Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin signed the guest book of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks. Korea is the leading in direct investment, second in development cooperation (ODA), labor and tourism, third in trade cooperation.(Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

The two sides will continue to improve the quality of economic, trade and investment cooperation and strive to soon complete the goal of bilateral trade turnover of 100 billion USD by 2023 and towards the goal of 150 billion USD by the year 2030. Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin held talks. The friendship between the people of the two countries is deepening, exchanges are increasingly bustling with about 200,000 citizens of each country living, working and studying in the other country. Before the outbreak of COVID-19, there were about 5 million people going back and forth between the two countries and there were thousands of direct flights between the two countries every month in 2019. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

Regarding multilateral cooperation, the two countries maintain close exchange of positions and strengthen mutual support for candidacy for international organizations. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

In particular, Korea actively supported Vietnam to fulfill its role as a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 term and as the ASEAN Chair in 2020; closely coordinate in multilateral and bilateral cooperation mechanisms, especially within the framework of ASEAN - Korea, Mekong - Korea cooperation and support Vietnam to fulfill its role as coordinator of ASEAN - Korea partnership in the period of 2021-2024. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

It can be said that the potential and opportunities for cooperation between the two countries are still very large. Opportunities arise from the political determination and vision of the leaders of the two countries, the new position and strength of both countries, new areas of economic, political and diplomatic cooperation, stemming from new dynamics of the international and regional situation. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)

The two countries' agreement to upgrade their relations to a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership this year is also an inevitable result of the development of bilateral relations over the past three decades. In the coming time, the relationship between the two countries will continue to develop in all fields, both in breadth and depth, showing more clearly the strategic and comprehensive nature that the two sides are aiming for. (Photo: WVR/Tuan Anh)