Significance of Vietnam-WEF strategic dialogue highlighted
Hanoi (VNA) – Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu has
shared the significance of the national strategic dialogue between Vietnam and
the World Economic Forum (WEF), co-chaired by Prime Minister Pham Minh
Chinh and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab on October 29.
The first event of its kind took the theme "Enhancing
public-private partnership: Key motivation for comprehensive recovery and
inclusive, sustainable development and innovation", attracting nearly 70
global corporations, especially those working in fields that match Vietnam’s
development priorities such as technology, health care, smart solutions and
renewable energy.
Vu said the event took place at a time when the
world economy is recovering in many areas and the COVID-19 has been gradually
under control.
It provided a platform for the
Vietnamese Government to share economic recovery plans, thus boosting cooperation
between the Government, localities and leading corporations in restoring production and trade, especially in industrial and economic zones at present
and in the near future, he said.
According to him, it also afforded the
Vietnamese PM a chance to extend a policy message to the global business
community that the Vietnamese Government is stepping up business recovery in the new
normal as well as long-term plans on economic reform.
The Vietnamese leader was also able to learn
about difficulties faced by foreign investors, thus drawing high-quality
foreign investment to Vietnam and tapping the trend of relocating investments and supply chains
over the past time, he said.
Vu informed that the Vietnamese Government
and the WEF established bilateral ties in 1989. Vietnam is one of the countries
to regularly join annual activities of the WEF in Davos. Both sides devised long-term
cooperation plans and recently held joint events, notably the WEF on ASEAN 2018
in Vietnam, which was hailed as a success.
The deputy minister said the WEF praises Vietnam as a dynamic economy which always shows its commitments to
renovation and reform.
The WEF could bring Vietnam closer to the
world’s leading investors and businesspeople to join in its economy, he added.
In his view, Vietnam needs policy
consultations from the WEF to update new ideas and mindsets in directing socio-economic
development./.