VNA reported that at noon on May 25, in Kuala Lumpur, during the official visit to Malaysia and attending the 46th ASEAN Summit and related Summits, Politburo member and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum.
At the Forum, the Asia-Pacific Strategy Research Institute (KSI) honored Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh as a typical ASEAN leader in 2025.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh respectfully thanked and said that this is an award for the people and country of Vietnam that he is the one to receive on behalf of.
The ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum (ALPF) is an annual event of important strategic significance, jointly organized by the Asia-Pacific Strategic Research Institute, a leading international policy and research consultancy in Malaysia, and partners such as the ASEAN Economic Club.
Speaking at the Forum, KSI President, Mr. Michael Yeoh and speakers assessed that Vietnam is the fastest growing economy and a bright star of ASEAN.
With a central role in the regional economic linkage network and multilateral free trade agreements, Vietnam gives investors the advantage of diverse access to markets and supply chains throughout ASEAN.
Therefore, investing in Vietnam is not only investing in a dynamic, stable and rapidly growing economy, but also a strategic step to connect with an area of more than 700 million people - one of the leading growth drivers of the regional and world economies.
Speaking at the Forum, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized the important and pioneering mission of enterprises in contributing to the implementation of the common goal of building a self-reliant ASEAN, developing quickly and sustainably, bringing a prosperous and happy life to ASEAN people, no one is left behind.
Regarding what to do, the Prime Minister said that businesses must strengthen connectivity with each other, thereby connecting ASEAN and ASEAN economies to the world; contribute to building institutions and policies towards harmony between ASEAN countries and with other countries around the world; Connect the supply chains and production chains that have been broken and affected in the past time; Connect the diversification of markets, products and supply chains to respond to the situation, avoid depending on a market or a area; Connecting to promote public -private partnership; Connecting agricultural development in the direction of green, clean, the number is the support of the economy.
To help businesses do the above, the Prime Minister stated that countries and governments must promote their role in creating, designing and implementing policies to ensure stability, creating an environment of peace, cooperation and development; thereby creating conditions for rapid and sustainable development, especially promoting the development of the digital economy, green economy, circular economy, science and technology, innovation.
