The announcement of the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the evening of June 21 said: At the invitation of Prime Minister of the People's Republic of China Li Qiang and President and CEO of the World Economic Forum Borge Brende, Politburo member and Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 16th Annual Meeting of Pioneers of the World Economic Forum held in Tianjin and work in China from June 24 to 27.
The 16th World Economic Forum (WEF Tianjin 2025) Pioneers' Annual Meeting will take place from June 24-26 in Tianjin, China.
This is the second largest and most important event of the year of the World Economic Forum after WEF Davos; a forum for countries to discuss long-term vision and solutions for key issues for global economic development.
The conference was attended by more than 1,700 delegates representing governments, businesses, international organizations, and scholars from many countries around the world. The World Economic Forum invited leaders of the five countries of Vietnam, Singapore, Ecuador, Senegal and Kyrgyzstan to attend the conference.
With the theme "Spirit of Startups in a New Era", the 2025 WEF Tianjin Conference has 5 main discussion contents including: Decoding the world economy, focusing on new growth trends in the context of fractured petroleum, inflation and unstable supply chains; China's prospects, discussing development models based on technology, AI, new-generation industry and market reform; Industrial transformation, with the contents of smart manufacturing, AI, clean energy technology and supply chain adaptation; Investing in people and planets, focusing on digital skills, climate finance, equality in technology and public-private partnership; and new energy and materials, discussing renewable energy, electricity storage, green industrial materials and next-generation nuclear technology.
In recent times, the overall Vietnam - China relationship has maintained a positive development trend and achieved many important results.
From the beginning of 2025 to present, in the context of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Vietnam and China (18.1.1950 - 18.1.2025), the two sides have maintained close exchanges and contacts at high and all levels: General Secretary To Lam held a phone call with General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping (11), announcing the launch of the Vietnam - China Humanitarian Exchange Year 2025.
General Secretary and President Xi Jinping's state visit to Vietnam (14-15.4.2025), this is the 4th state visit to Vietnam by General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and the 2nd time in the same term of the 20th National Party Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 13th National Party Congress of our Party.
Key leaders of Vietnam and Chinese leaders exchanged letters/deeds on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations (18.1.2025); Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received the title of "Honourary Professor" from Tsinghua University, China (March 2, 2025 in Hanoi), met with Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of China Dinh Tiet Tuong on the sidelines of the WEF Davos Conference (21.1)...
