Chairman Kim Joo-hyun of the Financial Services Commission met with Vietnam's Minister of Finance Ho Duc Phoc at his office in Seoul on March 8 and held talks on strengthening financial cooperation between Korea and Vietnam. At the meeting, Chairman Kim talked about the potential of enhancing bilateral exchanges in capital market areas and suggested establishing an expanded level of cooperation between the two organizations as well as between the main bourse operators of the two countries. In addition, Chairman Kim explained about Korea's recent capital market reform initiatives and sought active cooperation from Vietnam's finance ministry in helping to resolve the challenges and difficulties of Korean financial companies doing business in Vietnam.