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Official Letter of NEAR Associate Membership Delivered to Ho Chi Minh City2017-10-31

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NEAR Secretary-General Hong Jong-kyoung visited Ho Chi Minh City and met with Deputy Director General Mr. Doan Tuan Linh of the Department of Foreign Affairs. Secretary-General Hong delivered the official letter, along with the NEAR Charter, stating that the associate membership of Ho Chi Minh City had been approved. He asked Ho Chi Minh City for its support and cooperation in striving to promote friendly relationships with NEAR member regional governments, in accordance with the NEAR Charter.

  



Secretary-General Hong also visited the consulates general of NEAR member countries : China, Japan, and Russia in Ho Chi Minh City. He met with Consul-General Chen De Hai of China, Consul-General Kawaue Junichi of Japan, and Consul-General Alexey V. Popov of Russia and informed them that Ho Chi Minh City had become an associate member of NEAR. He also requested their participation in the Opening Ceremony of the HCMC-Gyeongju World Culture Expo 2017 on the afternoon on November 11. The Expo, which will run from November 11 to December 3 2017, is co-hosted by Ho Chi Minh City, the first Associate Member of NEAR and Gyeognsangbuk-do Province, the first Chair of NEAR.