Chairman Lee Eog-weon of the Financial Services Commission traveled to India and Vietnam to strengthen financial cooperation with the two countries on the sidelines of President Lee Jae Myung’s state visits from April 19 to 25. During his trips, Chairman Lee had high-level bilateral meetings with government officials to promote the overseas expansion of Korean financial companies and facilitate their business operations in local markets, attended financial cooperation forums for the development of financial hubs and the integration of cross-border QR payments system, and held meetings with Korean financial companies and enterprises doing business in the two countries. Chairman Lee’s visit to the two rapidly growing countries underscores the Korean government’s aim to bolster strategic cooperation with the two major partners in the region particularly in the areas of financial services.