(VNF) - The central district of Dien Ban has reserved 2.6ha to build the Vietnam-Korea Cultural Exchange Centre, according to Vice Chairman of Dien Ban People’s Commitee Nguyen Xuan Ha.

Vice Chairman Ha said the 4-storey centre – funded by the Vietnam Veterans Association of Korea (VVAK) – will include an exhibition centre, vocational and Korean language training, a Taekwondo gym and major space for hosting annual cultural activities of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and Vietnam.

The centre, located near the historic town of Hoi An and the newly-unveiled 8km Ha My Beach, aims to draw South Korean tourists and other foreign visitors.

The centre is expected to become operational by 2018.

On the April 4^th, the VVAK delegation led by its Chairman Woo Young Rak surveyed Tam Ky city, Phu Ninh district and Hoi An city to choose the place for the project.

Vice Chairman Le Van Thanh (R) and VVAK’s Chairman Woo Young Rak. (Source: baoquangnam.vn)

At the meeting with Vice Chairman of Quang Nam People’s Committee Le Van Thanh on the same day, Mr. Woo Young Rak expressed their determination to start the project in Quang Nam province as soon as possible. He also shared the project would contribute to healing the wounds of war caused by soldiers from South Korea in the past time.

The VVAK is now home to approximately 300,000 Korean veterans who served during the Vietnam war and about two million of their relatives.

In October, the Korean-Vietnamese Peace Foundation donated 52 items – including documents, photos, books, visual dics, postcards and the “Vietnam Pieta” statue – to Da Nang’s museum to commemorate 41 years since the end of the Vietnam war./.

Minh Phuong