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Ever since our Seongdong-gu District of the Republic of Korea agreed to make its first visit to Vietnam to sign a sisterhood agreement with Tuy Hoa City of Vietnam, I have been quite excited about the prospect. Since I formed ties with Vietnam, I have come to admire Vietnam’s rich and long history of 5,000 years, its culture and people.
The peoples of Korea and Vietnam have many things in common: Both of them are patient and hard-working and always smile. They also have a culture of loving poetry and have Mongolian birthmarks, as well as the common custom of using chopsticks.
Vietnam is Korea’s friend and a close relative related through mylticultural marriages. Like your saying “nhap gia tuy tuc,” which is translated as “When in Rome, do as the Romans do,” let’s do as the Vietnamese do when in Vietnam and let’s do as the Koreans do when in Korea, without differentiating us as Vietnamese and Koreans. I hope that our two countries will continue our enduring partnership which will remain unchanged even 100 years from now.
The year 2012 is the Year of the Dragon. I am pleased and happy to strengthen friendship and brotherhood with Vietnam, which symbolizes the “dragon,” in this Year of the Dragon.
I love Vietnam!
Thank you.
Goh Jae-Deuk | Ward Head of Seongdong-gu
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