Press Briefing

Spokesperson and Deputy Minister for Public Affairs Park Il

April 2, 2026  14:30  KST

Good afternoon. Let me start today’s briefing.

Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Yoonjoo will have a meeting with Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam Nguyen Minh Vu in the latter's country on April 3.

The upcoming meeting between the Vice Minister and the Permanent Deputy Minister in Hanoi will mark their second following their first in Seoul last year. The interagency Korean delegation will comprise officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, the Financial Services Commission and the Ministry of Intellectual Property, among others.

In the meeting, the two sides will discuss ways to strengthen the "Korea-Viet Nam Comprehensive Strategic Partnership” in such areas as political and security cooperation, trade and investment, energy and supply chains, science and technology, and infrastructure.

In addition to the meeting, Vice Minister Park will pay a courtesy call on Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam Le Hoai Trung and discuss ways to advance Korea-Viet Nam relations.

Moving on, the Deputy Foreign Minister for Political Affairs will attend a United Kingdom-led Foreign Ministers Call on the Strait of Hormuz at 8 p.m., today, Korea Standard Time.

At the meeting, given the need to guarantee the safety of vessels and their crews, as well as the freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz, we believe that the participants will share with one another the situation around the Strait and have a broad discussion in this regard.

(A question-and-answer session followed.)