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Vietnam named first importer of Korean development model
By Byun Duk-kun
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will share its experience in industrialization and economic development with Vietnam, making the Southeast Asian country the first importer of the South Korean-style development model, a presidential body said Tuesday.
The move comes as part of Seoul's efforts to improve its own image in the
international community by increasing its assistance to developing nations,
according to the Presidential Council on Nation Branding.
"What I fear the most is that we could become a country or people who are not
respected by the rest of the world even after our per capita income reaches
$30,000 or $40,000," President Lee Myung-bak was quoted as saying at a council
meeting held earlier Tuesday.
Under the new assistance program, called "Shaping the Future with Korea," Vietnam
will receive free consultations on a wide range of issues from macro-economic
policies to systems integration, according to the council.
"There are many countries that wish to learn from Korea's experience of economic
development," Park Hyung-joon, senior aide to the president for public affairs,
told reporters.
"It will be a program that will help developing nations benefit from contracted
development by sharing our experience, knowledge and information as President Lee
Myung-bak has noted in his New Asia Initiative," he added.
The New Asia Initiative is Seoul's new diplomatic policy that places greater
importance on its relations with Asian nations.
The development assistance program will be extended next year to four other
nations in the region, including Nepal and Uzbekistan, and further expanded the
following year to include any willing country from around the world, the council
said.
"The Ministry of Strategy and Finance, together with other related offices, will
create a chance to start a "Korean economic wave" by providing our overall
experience of economic development to developing nations that require strategic
economic cooperation," the council said in its report.
SEOUL, March 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will share its experience in industrialization and economic development with Vietnam, making the Southeast Asian country the first importer of the South Korean-style development model, a presidential body said Tuesday.
The move comes as part of Seoul's efforts to improve its own image in the
international community by increasing its assistance to developing nations,
according to the Presidential Council on Nation Branding.
"What I fear the most is that we could become a country or people who are not
respected by the rest of the world even after our per capita income reaches
$30,000 or $40,000," President Lee Myung-bak was quoted as saying at a council
meeting held earlier Tuesday.
Under the new assistance program, called "Shaping the Future with Korea," Vietnam
will receive free consultations on a wide range of issues from macro-economic
policies to systems integration, according to the council.
"There are many countries that wish to learn from Korea's experience of economic
development," Park Hyung-joon, senior aide to the president for public affairs,
told reporters.
"It will be a program that will help developing nations benefit from contracted
development by sharing our experience, knowledge and information as President Lee
Myung-bak has noted in his New Asia Initiative," he added.
The New Asia Initiative is Seoul's new diplomatic policy that places greater
importance on its relations with Asian nations.
The development assistance program will be extended next year to four other
nations in the region, including Nepal and Uzbekistan, and further expanded the
following year to include any willing country from around the world, the council
said.
"The Ministry of Strategy and Finance, together with other related offices, will
create a chance to start a "Korean economic wave" by providing our overall
experience of economic development to developing nations that require strategic
economic cooperation," the council said in its report.
