Hai shared Vietnam’s viewpoints on the integration process and ASEAN’s resolve tocomplete the building of the ASEAN Economic Community by 2015.
He stressed the meaning and significance of narrowing the developmentgap within the bloc and the region, enhancing the linkage ininfrastructure, institution and people-to-people exchange as well ascoordination in coping with climate change and environmental protectionto ensure sustainable development.
At anothersession themed “ Asia in a changing world”, the Vietnamese Deputy PMsaid the strong shift of Asian economies toward a healthy andsustainable growth is in line with the world’s common trend.
With its rapid recovery capacity after the global financial-economiccrisis, Asia is emerging as a dynamic region and works as a drivingforce in global economic development, Hai said.
Heunderlined the need to combine policies at regional and global levels,develop human resources and invest in innovation to help the regionaleconomy recover in a sustainable manner in the future.
Hai took the occasion to introduce Vietnam ’s economic restructuring policy that targets green and sustainable growth.
Earlier, on April 1, Hai met with Deputy General Secretary of theOrganisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) RichardBoucher, during which they exchanged measures to boost cooperationbetween OECD and Vietnam.-VNA