SK Group chairman, Vietnam’s top leader discuss energy cooperation

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Yonhap) — SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won has met with Vietnam’s Party General Secretary To Lam and discussed ways of enhancing cooperation in the energy sector and boosting the overall partnership, officials said Sunday.

Choi held talks with the Vietnamese senior official in Hanoi on Friday, accompanied by the chiefs of SK Innovation E&S Co., SK Energy Co., SKC Ltd. and SK Earth On Co.

During the meeting, Chey said his group sought to forge stronger ties with Vietnam in the renewable energy, resources and relevant industries, which will contribute to the sustainable economic development of the Vietnamese economy, according to industry officials.

SK Group’s key areas of focus in its businesses in the Southeast Asian country include the development of liquefied natural gas (LNG) infrastructure, hydrogen energy, small modular reactors (SMRs) and artificial intelligence (AI) data centers.

In response, Lam spoke highly of SK and other South Korean companies’ role in his country’s development and called for stronger cooperation between the two sides as South Korea is one of Vietnam’s major investment and trade partners, the officials said.