Vietnam remained the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s third-largest trade partner for the second straight year in 2023, data showed.

An annual programme to provide free medical examination, consultation, and medicine to people in the central province of Quang Ngai was kicked off on January 15.

The launch of K-UPA came as the ministry has been working with the state-run Ulsan Port Authority to open the centre in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai to help Korean firms store goods under room or low temperatures.

Vietnam ranks third in terms of the number of researchers in the Republic of Korea (RoK), after China and India and above the US and Pakistan, according to a report released by the RoK Ministry of Science and ICT.

Three students of Vietnamese origin were among the winners of the 12th Korea Multicultural Youth Awards.

Direct flights between the southern central province of Binh Dinh and South Korea will be reopened following a four-year suspension.

A mixture of lantern displays, traditional music performances, songs, and dances put on by Vietnamese and Korean artists will serve to light up the Korean cultural day held on December 9 in the ancient city of Hoi An.

Korean boy band Infinite and K-pop girl group Mamamoo+ are set to thrill Vietnamese audiences with their performances at the X-Mas Festival Open Air 2 event which will be held in Hanoi as part of Christmas celebrations.

The Korean language version of the famous novel "Minh Va Ho" (I and They) by the Vietnamese writer Nguyen Binh Phuong officially made its debut in the Republic of Korea (RoK) on November 1.