The opening ceremony was attended by DeputyPrime Minister Vu Duc Dam, Minister of State at the Indian Foreign Ministry RajkumarRanjan Singh, leaders of Horasis, and delegates from the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII),and Vietnamese ministries and localities.
The meeting comprises six plenary sessions and 26 discussion ones, with theengagement of 700 delegates who are expected to discuss common concerns such asglobal transition, economic development issues arising during the digitaltransformation process, artificial intelligence and smart energy.
Speaking at the opening ceremony, Deputy PM Dam stressed that the Vietnamesegovernment has a consistent stance of considering the foreign-invested sectoras an important component of the economy.
The success of investors is also the success of Vietnam, thatcontributes to promoting multilateralism and international solidarity for aworld of peace, stability, cooperation and development, in which no one is leftbehind.
He showed his belief that this meeting will offer a chancefor the parties to share their vision, seek opportunities and strengthencooperation.
Rajkumar Ranjan Singh said that India is open in its investmentin and cooperation with Vietnam in general and Binh Duong province inparticular.
He appreciated the socio-economic achievements gained by thesouthern province in recent years, believing that with its availableconditions, Binh Duong is a good destination for Indian investors and haspotential to develop further./.