(HBO) - On December 13 afternoon, Nguyen Van Chuong, Vice Chairman of the Hoa Binh provincial People's Committee, and leaders of several departments and sectors had a working session with a delegation of the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Ministry of the Interior and Safety. The delegation comprised of Eom Hyun-sook, Director of the Division of International Cooperation on Good Management; and Lee Hong-seok, Counselor for Internal Affairs and Public Administration at the RoK Embassy in Vietnam.

Vice Chairman of the provincial People's Committee
Nguyen Van Chuong speaks at the session.
Welcoming the Korean ministry delegation, Vice Chairman
Chuong informed them of the potential, advantages and outstanding
socio-economic development results of the locality. He emphasised that Hoa Binh
has a good relationship with the RoK in general and several Korean localities
in particular.
The official expressed his hope that the delegation will
share experience in building local administration with Hoa Binh.
Eom Hyun-sook said that during this working visit, the
delegation plans to exchange views on new areas of administrative management
and local administration, and expressed his hope that in the coming time, the
two sides will share information and support and cooperate with each other in
the field of local administration management, fire safety and fighting.
A leader of the provincial Department of Home Affairs also
briefed the guests on local government management in Hoa Binh province.
At the session, the two sides also discussed to find
similarities to orient the content of cooperation in the coming time such as
public administration, support for the building of the capacity of local
authorities, and personnel training to better serve local people.
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