President meets with scientists, experts of Vietnam Economic Association

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at meeting with scientists and experts of the Vietnam Economic Association (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 22 hosted a reception for scientists and experts of the Vietnam Economic Association (VEA), duringwhich he hailed the VEA's contributions to the country over the past nearlyfive decades.

The President said that, since 1990, the association, with itsmembers who are reputable economists, has constantly improved the quality ofits activities, and contributed ideas to improving policies and the economy inthe process of "Doi moi" (Renewal) and integration, especially during the shiftfrom a centralised and subsidised economy to a socialist-oriented marketeconomy.

In recent years, along with promoting scientific researchand disseminating economic knowledge, it has well performed the task of givingconsultancy and policy feedback. In particular, the association has mobilisedthe participation of economists in building the 10-yearsocio-economic development strategy for 2021 - 2030, and the five-yearsocio-economic development plan for 2021 - 2025, and the preparation ofdocuments of the 13th National Party Congress, President Phuc noted.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc and scientists and experts of the Vietnam Economic Association pose for a photo (Photo: VNA)

Acknowledging the experts’ ideas contributed at the meeting,he asked the association to gather more prestigious economists both inside andoutside the country to contribute further to the country’s policy-making.

He also expressed his belief that the VEA will develop strongerand gain greater achievements in scientific research, thus contributing practically to the nation’s industrialisation and modernisation cause./.

VNA