On the afternoon of 15 September 2026, Ms. Tran Thi Quynh Trang, Director of the Hai Phong Department of Foreign Affairs, received and held a working session with Mr. Park Byung-Hun, Secretary General of the Korea Energy Management System Industry Association (Korea EMS Association), during the Association’s working visit to Hai Phong.
The Korea EMS Association is a non-profit organization operating in the field of energy management and energy efficiency, bringing together businesses and organizations engaged in energy management, smart factories and industrial parks, construction, architectural design, and information and communications technology. The Association seeks to promote efficient energy use, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and facilitate the application of technologies for smart and sustainable urban development.
In recent years, the Korea EMS Association has actively facilitated connections between Korean businesses and organizations and Hai Phong in the fields of technology, energy and smart urban development. In December 2024, a delegation from the Association held a working session with Mr. Hoang Minh Cuong, Vice Chairman of the Hai Phong City People’s Committee, and relevant agencies to discuss the potential application of Korean technologies to support smart urban development.
Since then, the Hai Phong Department of Foreign Affairs has coordinated with the Korea EMS Association to promote connections between the city’s agencies and organizations and Korean businesses and research institutions. In August 2026, during a working visit to the Republic of Korea by a high-level delegation from Hai Phong City, city leaders continued discussions with the Korea EMS Association and its member companies on cooperation in smart infrastructure, digital transformation, green transition and energy efficiency.
Delegates attending the working session
At the meeting, Mr. Park Byung-Hun expressed his appreciation for the support provided by the Hai Phong Department of Foreign Affairs in connecting the Association and Korean businesses with partners in Hai Phong. He noted that the Korea EMS Association wished to continue introducing capable businesses and organizations with suitable technological solutions, with a view to developing concrete cooperation projects that could contribute to Hai Phong’s smart, green and sustainable urban development.
Mr. Park Byung-Hun also shared that, during this visit, the Korea EMS Association and a delegation of Korean businesses would participate in a technology supply-demand matchmaking session between Vietnamese organizations and enterprises and Korean companies, to be held on 17 September 2026 at the Hai Phong Center for Innovation and Science and Technology Application. The event will provide an opportunity for businesses from both sides to discuss their needs, introduce technological solutions and explore cooperation opportunities in such areas as AI, IoT, smart cities, energy, infrastructure, carbon management and green technologies.
Mr. Park Byung-Hun, Secretary General of the Korea EMS Association, presents a commemorative gift to Ms. Tran Thi Quynh Trang, Director of the Hai Phong Department of Foreign Affairs
Ms. Tran Thi Quynh Trang, Director of the Hai Phong Department of Foreign Affairs, highly appreciated the Korea EMS Association’s interest in Hai Phong and its efforts to facilitate connections with the city in recent years. She affirmed that the Department of Foreign Affairs would continue to coordinate with relevant agencies to facilitate connections between the Association and its Korean partners and appropriate organisations and entities in Hai Phong.
The Director expressed her hope that the Korea EMS Association would continue to leverage its network to introduce Korean businesses, research institutions and experts with strengths in areas of interest to Hai Phong, and gradually translate exchanges and connections into concrete, feasible cooperation programmes and projects that respond to the city’s practical needs.
The two sides agreed to maintain regular exchanges and further promote connections among their respective agencies, organisations and businesses, thereby contributing to stronger cooperation between Hai Phong and Korean partners.
Minh Trang