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This photo, unveiled on Saturday, shows Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong (left) greeted by President Yoon Suk Yeol (second from right) and his Vietnamese counterpart Vo Van Thoung (right) during a dinner party in Hanoi on Friday. (Joint Press Corps-Yonhap) |
Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong celebrated his birthday Friday during his trip to Vietnam along with President Yoon Suk Yeol. Lee turned 55.
In a dinner event hosted by Vietnamese President Vo Van Thoung at International Convention Center in Hanoi, Vietnam, Lee was greeted with a birthday cake and musical performance. Samsung Electronics runs plants for smartphones that sell in about 130 countries, as well as for home appliances. It also opened a research and development center in Hanoi in December 2022.
This was part of the event at which Yoon and Thoung stressed the need to enhance people-to-people exchanges between the two countries, according to Yoon's office.
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