Hanoi (VNA) – PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc hosted a reception on March 13 for economist PhilippRosler, urging him to make further contributions to Vietnam’s socio-economicdevelopment, especially towards the development of the business community.
The PM thanked Philipp Rosler and the World Economic Forum for organising adialogue between him and leaders of global groups on the sideline of WEF Davos2019 in Switzerland’s city of Zurich in January.
He briefed the economist on Vietnam’s socio-economic situation over the years,with sound macro-economic development.
Vietnam has rolled out various institutions and policies to spur nationalgrowth and remove difficulties to production and business, he said, adding thatthe domestic business environment has been improved remarkably.
Currently, the country is home to 26,000 operational foreign direct investment(FDI) projects with total registered capital amounting to nearly 350 billionUSD. There has also been a notable rise of more and more large investors comingto Vietnam with large-scale projects.
PM Phuc called on Rosler to help Vietnam with startup development, a fieldwhich he is particularly interested in, in order to make the country’s startupprojects and programmes more effective and practical.
For his part, Rosler congratulated Vietnam on its successful organisation ofthe second summit between the US and the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea(DPRK) in Hanoi last month.
He said international press has covered the event as well as the land andpeople of Vietnam before, during, and after the meeting, which has demonstratedthe country’s increasing role in global politics.
Vietnam has established a new, important position for itself in the world’spolitical map, he stressed.
Recalling the dialogue between PM Phuc and investors in Zurich, Rosler saidinternational investors were impressed by the role and significantcontributions of the PM and Vietnamese delegates to WEF Davos 2019.
He hailed the Vietnamese Government’s policies in support of foreign investorsin the country, pledging to step up cooperation and support activities throughprogrammes and projects under the German House project in Hanoi and Ho Chi MinhCity.
PM Phuc highly valued the German House project’s specific programmes andprojects, thus contributing to mutual understanding, cultural exchange, andeconomic cooperation between the people and businesses of Vietnam and Germany.–VNA