The Prime Minister hosted a reception in Hanoi onNovember 28 for WEF Managing Director Philipp Rosler, who is on aworking visit to Vietnam to attend a workshop on nationalcompetitiveness improvement.
Hailing the sound cooperationbetween Vietnam and WEF, the Government leader also asked WEF to supportVietnam in organising events that could bring together world leadingpoliticians and executives to talk about the country’s economy situationand developmental orientations and ASEAN’s prospects.
Heinformed that a high-level Vietnamese Government delegation will attendthe World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland, inJanuary 2015.
For his part, Rosler underscored Vietnam’svanguard role in building an ASEAN Community by 2015, saying that ideasand information related to Vietnam and ASEAN attracted attentions ofinternational business communities.
The upcoming World EconomicForum Annual Meeting in Davos will arrange a host of events focusing onVietnam, including a “Vietnam night” with the participation of manyleading politicians and businesspeople worldwide, he noted.
Regardingto national competitiveness, Rosler voiced that this is a global issuedrawing growing concern of all countries. For this reason, WEF willcoordinate and support Vietnam in assessing as well as improving thecountry’s competitiveness.
The workshop themed “the role ofbusiness in enhancing national competitiveness in internationalintegration” was jointly held by the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, andPlanning and Investment, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industryand WEF in Hanoi on the same day.
It focused on therelationship between enterprise competitiveness and nationalcompetitiveness, and proposing policies for Vietnam to improve itscompetitiveness.-VNA