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• Vietnam

Tourism exhibition:

Vietnamese Ambassador to Korea Tron Trong Toan delivers a speech at the opening ceremony of the Vietnamese Culture and Tourism Fair at Lotte Hotel in Seoul on June 25. Among those present at the event were Hoang Tuan Anh, Vietnamese minister of culture, sports and tourism who was on an official visit to Korea, and his Korean counterpart minister Yu In-chon.

/ Courtesy of Vietnamese Embassy

• Belarus

Belarus' Republic Day:

Belarusian Ambassador to Korea Aleksandr E. Guryanov, third from right, joins guests at a reception celebrating the Republic Day of Belarus held at the Shilla Hotel in Seoul, last Wednesday. From left are Ukrainian Ambassador Volodymyr Belashov; Russian Ambassador Konstantin V. Vnukov; Park Yeon-soo, administrator of the National Emergency Management Agency; Uzbek Ambassador Vitali Fen; Guryanov; Minister of Labor Yim Tae-hee; and Rep. Choo Mi-ae of the main opposition Democratic Party.

/ Korea Times photo by Kim Se-jeong