Phu Tho receives and works with the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea

On September 11, the delegation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Pak Sang Gil visited and worked with Phu Tho province within the framework of the official visit to Vietnam. Receiving and working with the delegation were: Mr. Duong Hoang Huong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council.

Mr. Duong Hoang Huong, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council, presented a souvenir to Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Pak Sang Gil.

Welcoming the delegation to visit and work in Phu Tho province, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council Duong Hoang Huong affirmed: Over the past 70 years of establishing diplomatic relations, Vietnam and North Korea have achieved many achievements in the fields of cooperation and signed many important agreements on trade, culture, health, science and technology, etc..

Introducing some information about Phu Tho province, Mr. Duong Hoang Huong said: Phu Tho is located in the center of Northern Vietnam, with a natural area of over 3,500 km2 and a population of 1.6 million people, a workforce of 860,000 people (over 70% of whom have been trained). As the homeland, the birthplace of the Vietnamese people with two intangible cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO, Phu Tho province has favorable conditions for tourism development.

In 2022 and 2023, Phu Tho will be one of the 10 provinces with the highest export turnover in the country. The scale of the economy reached over 100 trillion VND (about over 4 billion USD), ranking 3rd out of 14 provinces in the midland and mountainous region of the North. In particular, Phu Tho has great potential for agricultural development, focusing on industrial crops, forest timber, tea planting, and processing.

Standing Vice Chairman of the Provincial People’s Council Duong Hoang Huong hopes that in the coming time, the two sides will increase cultural, educational, artistic, and sports exchanges, thereby helping to increase mutual understanding. At the same time, North Korea will support Phu Tho province to export some of the province’s strengths (processed products from tea, wood, paint, agricultural products, food, fertilizers, etc.) to North Korea.

The delegation took a souvenir photo.

Thanking Phu Tho province for the welcome, North Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Pak Sang Gil affirmed the long-standing close relationship between North Korea and Vietnam and said that the delegation’s visit to Vietnam this time aims to promote close coordination, enhance friendship, understanding, and mutual trust, effectively implement cooperation agreements between the two countries, and continue to coordinate at international and regional forums.

Deputy Minister Pak Sang Gil highly appreciated the important achievements in many fields of Phu Tho in recent years and hoped that there would continue to be opportunities for exchanges and mutual support between North Korea and its localities with Phu Tho province. The delegation also sent greetings to the people of Phu Tho province who are facing difficulties due to natural disasters and floods; at the same time, he hoped that the province would focus on doing a good job in responding to and overcoming damage and soon stabilizing the lives of the people.

The delegation of the North Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs visited a rice noodle production facility in Hung Lo commune, Viet Tri city.

Before that, the delegation visited the OCOP rice noodle production facility in Hung Lo commune (Viet Tri city) and some agricultural product growing and processing models in Vinh Lai commune (Lam Thao district).

Hong Nhung