Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK Tran Ngoc An (front, centre) and embassy staff join the webinar (Source: VNA) London (VNA) – The UK’s AsiaScotland Institute held a webinar on June 18, focusing on Vietnam’sachievements in COVID-19 response as well as post-pandemic business and investmentopportunities in the country.
With Vietnamese Ambassador to the UK TranNgoc An, several Vietnamese experts and investors being its speakers, thewebinar attracted the participation of around 70 audiences who are individualinvestors, and representatives from several universities, investment funds andenterprises in Scotland and northern Britain.
During the event, participants showed theirinterest in Vietnam’s experience in the COVID-19 fight, its economic situationand policies in post-pandemic economic development and recovery, as well asinvestment and cooperation opportunities between Vietnam and the UK in generaland Scotland in particular.
They were impressed by information aboutVietnam’s achievements in disease response, when it has so far reported over340 coronavirus-positive cases and no fatalities, although it has a populationof over 97 million and holds a long border line with China – the firstoutbreak.
Ambassador An said that the COVID-19pandemic has caused an negative impact on Vietnam’s economic growth targets,but the country is still considered one of the most positively growingeconomies in the region, with strong recovery to a growth rate of at least 6.8percent in 2021.
He added that the webinar is one ofactivities the embassy has coordinated with agencies and organisations in theUK to boost collaboration between the two countries to address negative impactsof the pandemic, especially in 2020 when they are celebrating the 10thanniversary of their strategic partnership./.
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