[THE INVESTOR] South Korea and Vietnam will hold a joint committee meeting this week to discuss economic cooperation, the Foreign Ministry said on Sept.20.

The 15th Joint Economic Committee will be held in Hanoi on Sept. 22 with the talks to be led by Lee Tae-ho, deputy foreign minister for economic affairs and his Vietnamese counterpart Nguyen The Phuong, according to the ministry.

The committee has been held since 1993 and aims at providing a platform for both sides to exchange views and ideas on economic cooperation in a wide range of areas.

At the upcoming meeting, both will discuss follow-up measures to what was agreed upon in a summit held during the ASEM gathering in July, the ministry said.

South Korea will, in particular, focus on ways to boost bilateral trade and investment, help Korean companies win infrastructure construction projects and make inroads into the financial market there, the ministry said.

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