Foreign Minister hosts OECD Secretary-General

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son had a meeting with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann in Hanoi on October 18.
Foreign Minister hosts OECD Secretary-General ảnh 1Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (R) receives Secretary General of the OECD Mathias Cormann (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son hada meeting with Secretary General of the Organisation for Economic Cooperationand Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann in Hanoi on October 18.

Son thanked the organisation and Cormann himself for the contributions tothe success of the OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum and the OECD-VietnamHigh-Level Economic Forum 2022, which marked an important milestone in thepartnership between the OECD and the Southeast Asian region.

He affirmed that Vietnam with continue to coordinate closelywith Australia as the co-chair of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme(SEARP) to promote collaboration between the two regions, making it moreeffective and substantial.

The FM highlighted Vietnam's major socio-economic developmentorientations, especially in modernisation and industrialisation aswell as breakthroughs in constitution, infrastructure and human resources.

On the foundation of the action programme to implement thememorandum of understanding between Vietnam and the OECD for the 2022-2026period, FM Son said he hopes that the OECD will continue to provide policy recommendationsto Vietnam, especially in prioritised areas such as digital transformation,education, and the mobilisation of resources for sustainable development.

He hailed the OECD’s support to the Vietnamese Ministry ofForeign Affairs by sending coordinators to the organisation, which hascontributed to the training of diplomatic officials for Vietnam.

Foreign Minister hosts OECD Secretary-General ảnh 2Cormann congratulates Vietnam on the successful organisation of the OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum (Photo: VNA)
For his part, Cormann expressed his impression at the economic recoveryand development of Vietnam in 2022 and outlook in 2023, and congratulatedVietnam on the successful organisation of the OECD-Southeast Asia MinisterialForum as the co-chair of the SEARP.

With a substantive theme and the participation of a largenumber of representatives from countries and international organisations atthis year's forum, the OECD Secretary-General affirmed that Vietnam has wellpromoted its role as a bridge connecting ASEAN countries and OECD members, opening a new direction of cooperation between the sides in the coming time.
He underlined that the OECD and its members will continue tocoordinate with Vietnam in implementing Sustainable Development Goals.

At the meeting, the two sides reach a consensus that the implementationof specific projects within the action programme between Vietnam and the OECD isone of the current priorities, contributing to creating the foundation for theacceleration of the bilateral partnership./.
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