S. Korea's Yoon Arrives in Vietnam for State Visit

On Thursday, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yeol arrived in Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam for a three-day state visit focused on expanding economic cooperation with the Southeast Asian nation.

Yoon is scheduled to hold a summit with Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong on Friday and discuss ways to enhance the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership established between the two countries last year.

He will hold separate talks with Nguyen Phu Trong, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh, and Vuong Dinh Hue, the chairman of Vietnam's National Assembly. 

The President is also set to attend a state dinner.

Yoon's office said the visit would focus on boosting economic cooperation with South Korea's third-largest trading partner, with four different economic events planned, including a bilateral partnership fair, a luncheon with South Korean business people in Vietnam, and a business forum.

This is Yoon's first bilateral visit to a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations.

He is also scheduled to meet with Korean residents in Vietnam, visit a Korean language center, and attend a cultural event.

First Lady Kim Keon Hee is accompanying him on the visit, the second leg of a two-nation tour that previously took the president and the first lady to France.