According to VNA, within the framework of the 55th World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos, on the afternoon of January 21 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and spoke at the Special Policy Dialogue with the theme "Breakthrough to the future: Vietnam's vision on innovation and global role".
The dialogue session was arranged by WEF as a highlight on the first official working day of the Conference and was one of five policy dialogue sessions with heads of state and government, who are assessed by WEF to have vision, influence and the ability to inspire, held at this year's WEF Davos Conference.
The dialogue between Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and famous host, Editor-in-Chief of Financial Times Magazine Gillian Tett, conveyed a strong message about Vietnam as an attractive strategic choice for foreign investors.
Assessing the current international context, the Prime Minister emphasized that the smart era is an era of political stability, no war; rapid but sustainable economic development; the environment must be protected and no one is left behind. In particular, the smart era must go hand in hand with the development of intelligent intelligence and databases.
To prepare for the smart era, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam advocates promoting the improvement of institutions and laws, creating favorable conditions for subjects to develop equally in a multi-sector economy, and determining that the development of artificial intelligence in Vietnam must be based on Vietnam's database.
The newly issued Resolution 57 on science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation will create a strong boost for investment in research and development.
The Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam has become an important partner in research and development cooperation and an attractive investment destination for large global technology corporations such as Samsung, NVIDIA...
Responding to a question about how Vietnam can balance relations with both the US and China in the context of strategic competition, the Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam is steadfast in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification; being a good friend, a reliable partner, and an active and responsible member of the international community.
Responding to concerns related to Vietnam's trade surplus with the US, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam is always ready to listen, discuss and resolve issues that partners are interested in; Vietnam wishes to promote its competitive advantages, increase imports and cooperate in areas where the US has strengths and Vietnam has needs such as aviation, high technology, etc.
Sharing Ms. Gillian Tett's comments on the challenges from climate change and ensuring the dual goals of economic development and environmental protection, the Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam is strongly committed to bringing net emissions to zero and making efforts to promote green transformation and green production.
Concluding the Dialogue, Ms. Gillian Tett shared the opinions of foreign investors about Vietnam as an impressive country with the process of economic transformation over 4 decades of reform, maintaining strong growth momentum for a long time, attracting a large number of foreign direct investment projects, maintaining financial and monetary stability and economic growth rate of over 7% even in the context of a difficult world economy in 2024.
With the target of double-digit growth in the coming time, Vietnam will become a model of development in the world.
