The ASEAN-Korea Centre (AKC) has organized “Seminar on Business Opportunities in ASEAN Special Economic Zones(SEZs)-Industrial Zones(IZs)” in conjunction with the “Korea-ASEAN, India Business Week 2021-ASEAN Week 2021”, hosted by the Presidential Committee on New Southern Policy. The event was held on 6 October at COEX. Commercial counsellors and SEZs-IZs related experts from 10 ASEAN Member States both participated in on and offline formats to introduce on each country’s strategic SEZs-IZs along with various investment incentives.

H.E. Amb. Kim Hae-Yong, Secretary General of the ASEAN-Korea Centre, and H.E. Amb. Nguyen Vu Tung, Ambassador of Vietnam to the Republic of Korea and Chair of ASEAN Committee in Seoul delivered their congratulatory remarks at the opening ceremony.

Following the opening ceremony, speakers from Brunei Darussalam Enterprise, Royal Embassy of Cambodia, Indonesia Investment Promotion Center, Lao PDR Special Economic Zone Promotion and Management Office, Malaysia Investment Development Authority, Myanmar Trade Promotion Organization, Philippine Economic Zone Authority, Singapore Economic Development Board, Thailand Board of Investment, and Embassy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam delivered their presentations.