The tourism sector is expected to contribute 4.5% of Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024, Deputy Minister of Tourism and Creative Economy of the Republic of Indonesia Angela Tanoesoedibjo said on May 31.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim on May 15 announced the launching of the first Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Malaysia (Malaysia Centre for 4IR), which is independent within the World Economic Forum global ecosystem.
The Ho Chi Minh City Economic Forum (HEF) 2023 will be held from September 13-17 under the theme “Green growth - the journey to zero emissions,” the municipal People’s Committee announced at a press conference on May 11.
HCM City received more than 2.1 billion USD in remittances in the first quarter of the year, a surge of 19% year-on-year, according to the State Bank of Vietnam.
Malaysia is on the right track to transition its energy towards renewable energy, especially in the power sector, according to Malaysian Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang on February 15 suggested Vietnam and Japan strengthen their investment cooperation, especially in spearhead industries, pay attention to technology transfer to Vietnam, and promote green transition.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on January 17 joined leaders of global enterprises in a discussion, and met with senior foreign officials as part of his activities at the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha received President of the Switzerland-Vietnam Friendship Association Anjuska Weil in Davos on January 15 (local time),as part of his trip to Switzerland for the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2023.
Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has suggested Switzerland share experience and cooperate with Vietnam in the areas of education-training and science-technology as well as innovation, digital transformation, and vocational training.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 will be a chance for Vietnam to share with the international community its vision on common efforts in settling emerging global challenges, as well as Vietnam's policies and experience in international integration and socio-economic development, Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, told Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the forum.
The Australian Government is increasing its support for partners in Southeast Asia to help their transition to net zero, and Vietnam is central to these efforts, David Gottlieb, Australian Acting Deputy Ambassador to Vietnam, told the recent fifth Vietnam Economic Forum.
The fifth Vietnam Economic Forum will be held in both direct and virtual forms in Hanoi on December 17 by the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission and the Government.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Prof. Klaus Schwab, founder and Executive Chairman of the World Economic Forum (WEF), on the occasion of their attendance at the 40th, 41st ASEAN Summits and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on November 11.
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) held a workshop in Hanoi on October 19 focusing on Vietnamese women’s participation in political activities and their initiatives for Vietnam’s development.
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