Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son urged the parties to persevere in dialogue, avoiding increasing tensions on the Korean peninsula, when receiving Korean Foreign Minister.

The talks with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the morning of October 18, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son affirmed that Vietnam always cares about the situation on the Korean peninsula recently, hoping the parties will restrain and restrain,

According to Minister Bui Thanh Son, Vietnam is ready to contribute to the process of promoting dialogue, cooperation and denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.

The tensions of the Korean peninsula recently escalated when Pyongyang continuously conducted missile launches on the reason for response to the joint exercise between Washington, Seoul and Tokyo.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (right) received South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs's headquarters on October 18.

During the next, Minister Bui Thanh Son also asked Korea to continue supporting and sharing the general vision of ensuring security, safety, freedom of navigation and aviation in the South China Sea.

Minister Bui Thanh Son suggested that the two sides endeavor to achieve the goal of raising the bilateral trade turnover to US $ 100 billion in 2023 and 150 billion USD in 2030. Foreign Minister Park wants Vietnam

South Korea is Vietnam's third largest trading partner.

The program of Vietnam Day abroad will take place in Austria, India, Korea, with traditional cultural promotion activities.

Vietnam and South Korea agreed to raise bilateral trade turnover to US $ 150 billion by 2030, during a phone call between the Prime Minister of the two countries.