Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged the diplomatic sector to workharder to expand the market for the country’s exports.
Addressing a joint session of the 28th Diplomatic Conference and the2013 Trade Counsellors Conference on December 17 in Hanoi, PM Dungsaid this is a key task in international integration and externaleconomics work, which is very important to the country’s economic growthand job creation.
He underscored that it iscrucial to exploit traditional markets to boost exports of the country’skey products including rice, coffee, pepper, seafood, apparel andfootwear, while making full use of existing free trade agreements andbilateral economic deals to bring Vietnamese goods to new markets.
In addition, PM Dung also suggested that the sector should focus oncalling more foreign direct investment as well as ODA to the country forinfrastructure building, poverty reduction and climate change response.
He also noted that the diplomacy sector should paymore attention to people-to-people connecting activities, culturalcooperation, education and training, and science and technologydevelopment.
The sector should exert more effort toimprove work related to Vietnamese abroad, especially observing theirlegitimate rights and supporting them in integrating into the hostsociety, he added.
The PM emphasised thatinternational integration and external economic work should closelyfollow the guidelines of the Party and State on external relations, withthe aim of strengthening peace and friendship to benefit the country,region and the world.
He said internationalintegration and external economics work should contribute to creatingfavourable conditions and seizing all opportunities for nationaldevelopment, maintaining socio-economic stability and protectingnational independence and sovereignty.
PMDung hailed the diplomatic sector for its many achievements over thepast three years, saying that they positively contributed to the commonsuccess of the country.
According to Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, in a difficult economicsituation felt by the country and the world, many measures have beenapplied to improve the efficiency of external economic activities.
Apart from key and traditional markets, external economic efforts havehelped clear the way to promising markets like Latin America, theMiddle East and North Africa , contributing to promoting and attractinginvestment and creating jobs, Deputy PM Minh said.
Deep and broad international integration has also helped raise thecountry’s position and extend its development space, he said.
The Deputy PM held that the country’s economy has basically recoveredand is growing. Trade turnover with major partners has increased overthe past years, while trade deficit has been reduced and foreign directinvestment has increased again since 2012.
ODAcommitment by donors has also been maintained at a high figure.Meanwhile, foreign visitors have continued to surge, estimated to hit7.3 million by the end of 2013. In the first 11 months of this year,Vietnam also sent 78,000 workers abroad, he noted.
In the last two years, 14 more countries recognised Vietnam’smarket economy regulations. Efforts have also been made to fightprotectionism and discrimination in export markets to protect thelegitimate rights of Vietnamese businesses, he added.
The joint meeting is the second of its kind to be organised by theForeign Ministry and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The event has a significant meaning as the country is exerting effortsto realise the targets of the 2011-2020 socio-economic plan and striveto implement its strategy of combining macroeconomic stabilisation,economic restructuring and growth model reforms.
During the meeting, participants also listened to reports by theMinistry of Planning and Investment, Agriculture and Rural Development,and Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs reviewing the socio-economicdevelopment for the 2011-2015 period.-VNA
Addressing a joint session of the 28th Diplomatic Conference and the2013 Trade Counsellors Conference on December 17 in Hanoi, PM Dungsaid this is a key task in international integration and externaleconomics work, which is very important to the country’s economic growthand job creation.
He underscored that it iscrucial to exploit traditional markets to boost exports of the country’skey products including rice, coffee, pepper, seafood, apparel andfootwear, while making full use of existing free trade agreements andbilateral economic deals to bring Vietnamese goods to new markets.
In addition, PM Dung also suggested that the sector should focus oncalling more foreign direct investment as well as ODA to the country forinfrastructure building, poverty reduction and climate change response.
He also noted that the diplomacy sector should paymore attention to people-to-people connecting activities, culturalcooperation, education and training, and science and technologydevelopment.
The sector should exert more effort toimprove work related to Vietnamese abroad, especially observing theirlegitimate rights and supporting them in integrating into the hostsociety, he added.
The PM emphasised thatinternational integration and external economic work should closelyfollow the guidelines of the Party and State on external relations, withthe aim of strengthening peace and friendship to benefit the country,region and the world.
He said internationalintegration and external economics work should contribute to creatingfavourable conditions and seizing all opportunities for nationaldevelopment, maintaining socio-economic stability and protectingnational independence and sovereignty.
PMDung hailed the diplomatic sector for its many achievements over thepast three years, saying that they positively contributed to the commonsuccess of the country.
According to Deputy PrimeMinister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh, in a difficult economicsituation felt by the country and the world, many measures have beenapplied to improve the efficiency of external economic activities.
Apart from key and traditional markets, external economic efforts havehelped clear the way to promising markets like Latin America, theMiddle East and North Africa , contributing to promoting and attractinginvestment and creating jobs, Deputy PM Minh said.
Deep and broad international integration has also helped raise thecountry’s position and extend its development space, he said.
The Deputy PM held that the country’s economy has basically recoveredand is growing. Trade turnover with major partners has increased overthe past years, while trade deficit has been reduced and foreign directinvestment has increased again since 2012.
ODAcommitment by donors has also been maintained at a high figure.Meanwhile, foreign visitors have continued to surge, estimated to hit7.3 million by the end of 2013. In the first 11 months of this year,Vietnam also sent 78,000 workers abroad, he noted.
In the last two years, 14 more countries recognised Vietnam’smarket economy regulations. Efforts have also been made to fightprotectionism and discrimination in export markets to protect thelegitimate rights of Vietnamese businesses, he added.
The joint meeting is the second of its kind to be organised by theForeign Ministry and the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
The event has a significant meaning as the country is exerting effortsto realise the targets of the 2011-2020 socio-economic plan and striveto implement its strategy of combining macroeconomic stabilisation,economic restructuring and growth model reforms.
During the meeting, participants also listened to reports by theMinistry of Planning and Investment, Agriculture and Rural Development,and Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs reviewing the socio-economicdevelopment for the 2011-2015 period.-VNA
