Ms. Bea Yuri, the representative of Gangwon province, introduced the culture and potential of cooperation between Vietnam and Korea in the online signing ceremony. Korea is currently a developed country with a strong capacity in capital, science and technology and rich development experience, is deeply involved in the global value chain, and is in need of a young and large market to continue. development momentum. Vietnam is a dynamic developing country that actively integrates into the world. Vietnam is a suitable destination with a golden population structure with nearly 100 million people, nearly 70% are aged 15-64; Vietnam and South Korea are two countries with unique factors that contribute to bringing the two countries’ relations closer and closer, facilitating the expansion of investment cooperation. The two sides have established dialogue mechanisms on economic cooperation, besides the culture between the two countries Vietnam and Korea have many similarities. The people of the two countries have a deep understanding of each other’s customs and practices, and the population of one country in the other is large; Before the Covid-19 pandemic, traffic between the two countries was increasingly convenient with more than 1,000 flights per month. Representative of Kotra Vietnam – Korea Company, Icon International and Asean Healthcare Company at the cooperation signing ceremony Today’s event marks an important step towards implementing Korea’s trade promotion, investment and technology transfer cooperation programs into Vietnam. Kotra Vietnam – Korea, Asean Healthcare are the exclusive distributors in Vietnam market of many lines of pharmaceutical products – cosmetics, functional foods, health promotion products, air cleaning, disinfection, insurance. protect living environment. In the context of the global crisis caused by the epidemic, the Korean partner has designed and developed many technological solutions, comprehensive solutions for health protection and disease prevention through special products. : IONIC – Air purification system, sterilization, virus removal in cars, families, schools, hospitals, offices, and crowded areas; HEYO – Water electrolyzer, disinfection, VirusKill – Antibacterial wearable in the air; Alkaline-rich Hydrogen generator…
Representative of Gangwon province Ms. Bea Yuri shared: “In recent years, provincial leaders have made great efforts to cooperate with the government and localities in Vietnam to promote exchanges between people, entrepreneurs and businesses. Currently in the context of the Covid -19 epidemic that is turning the world upside down, affecting all aspects of people’s lives, stagnating trade and investment, and declining health, we hope to approve the signing of the agreement. This cooperation will further promote the support of high technology transfer, increase import and export, and develop investment in Vietnam.” Mr. An Jun Sun General Director of Kotra Vietnam – Korea introduced the products at the launch ceremony Speaking congratulating the signing ceremony of strategic cooperation, Mr. Vu Minh Ly – Deputy Director of the Center for Communication of Resources and Environment (Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment) highly appreciated the efforts of the parties in promoting and implementing a cooperation program, this is a practical and beneficial direction for consumers to have more proactive health care and protection options that Korean friends have researched and developed technology to deal with, prevent The fight against the Covid epidemic is going on as complicated as it is today.
At the signing ceremony, the units officially launched to Vietnam market a product line for environmental protection, proactive disease prevention, VirusKill wearable card, Ionic device, Heyo… Besides, Kotra Vietnam – Korea and Asean HealthCare cooperates with businesses in Vietnam to cooperate in investment, technology transfer, production, and bring to consumers in Vietnam many high-quality products and technologies, proactive health care. such as functional foods made from Red Ginseng, Cordyceps; Herbal cosmetics, alkaline Hydrogen water purification equipment…. distributed in Southeast Asia and the world.
In the context that Vietnam and other countries around the world are learning how to live with newly arising diseases and Covid-19 is complicated, the product Heyo – Ionic – Virus Kill will be a useful tool. for the community to help protect their own health and protect the living environment.

These online community groups provide members with a safe, dynamic, new playground to freely share their views, interests, interests … on a digital platform with a spirit of mutual support. fortification times for communities that are active on other traditional platforms. Community leaders play the most important role in building a Digital Community – a playground for young people on online platforms. With a view of building a community based on specialization and understanding of members, since the early 2000s, he founded Mitdot Family – a popular comedy radio news channel next to the Rap Club community with LKs, Eddy Viet, Ca Carp and the famous Beatvn forum. As a longtime community builder, Mr. Truong Ngoc Ha Tuan – also known as Tuan Saker – is one of the “top flags” that has a great influence on Vietnamese youth. According to documents reporting social media, currently about 90% of brands are using social networks for the purpose of reaching social media users, so using the tool to “listen” Everyone’s needs are essential for businesses and “community leaders”. As a person who wants to deeply understand the members, there are days when Mr. Tuan Saker reads thousands of comments, absorbs the comments of everyone to continue his efforts, trying to adjust to create the pitch. play best suited to members’ needs. Social media has now become an indispensable part of life. Especially in Vietnam, this period is a booming period for social networks and digital communities. We are one of the top social media users in the world and are still on a rapid growth rate. According to the Digital 2021 report conducted by Hootsuite and We Are Social, the number of Vietnamese users using social networks exceeded 72 million, accounting for 73.7% of the total population, an increase of 10.8%. with the year 2020. We have many social networks compatible with many different ages, hobby behaviors. Therefore, the trend of social media and digital community development will continue to thrive in the coming time. Tuan Saker is one of the 8x influencing Vietnamese youth on social networks since the early 2000s. According to Mr. Tuan Saker, when the number of social network users increases and there is a transition from the main generation of consumers to the Z genome, the next time will be an opportunity for specialized communities to serve. for different interest and interest groups. Nowadays, social media users tend to focus more and more in communities that suit their interests. Therefore, it will be inevitable that organizations, businesses and brands choose to communicate in communities in accordance with their needs and products. New, unique and really useful content for users will still be the foundation for building growing and reputable communities for everyone.

(Source: koreaittimes)

POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steel producer by production, said on April 14 that it would build a factory in Korea to extract lithium hydroxide, a key ingredient in electric vehicle battery (EV).

POSCO’s announcement said last week that the Board of Directors approved a plan to complete a factory in the industrial city of Gwangyang in southern Korea by 2023.

The plant, which will start construction in the first half of this year, is expected to have an annual production capacity of 43,000 tons of lithium hydroxide, enough to produce about 1 million electric vehicle batteries.

POSCO said they plan to import spodumene for the extract lithium hydroxide at the factory above from Australia.

In addition, POSCO plans to start building another plant near the Salar del Hombre Muerto salt lake in northern Argentina in the coming months. The plant is expected to have an annual capacity of 25,000 tons of lithium.

POSCO purchased lithium mining rights in Argentina from Australian mining company Galaxy Resources for $ 280 million in 2018. Currently, the steel producer has the mining rights for 22,800 hectares of the area.

According to POSCO, the site is confirmed to have lithium reserves of 13.5 million tons, enough to produce batteries for about 370 million electric cars.

The South Korean giant steel giant has stepped up its activities in the electric vehicle segment in recent years as part of its business diversification strategy.

In February 2021, POSCO Chemical, a subsidiary of POSCO, announced plans to invest 275.8 billion won ($ 248 million) to expand the production capacity of cathode, a key component for batteries. EV for a factory in Gwangyang.

In addition, POSCO Chemical also plans to set up factories in China and Europe to promptly supply cathode to EV battery manufacturers.

The EV battery market is on a strong momentum as automakers around the world are racing to convert to electric and eco-friendly vehicles.

This wave comes in the midst of tightening regulations on greenhouse gas emissions by governments – which scientists say is the cause of global warming.