Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) and OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam highly values the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)’scooperation and policy consultations, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh told OECDSecretary General Mathias Cormann during a reception in Hanoi on October 18.
PM Chinh said OECD’s problem-solving approach is suitable forVietnam.
Vietnam supports policies for the goal of common development ofhumanity and for the benefit of the people, equality and social progress, hesaid.
According to Chinh, Vietnam’s economy has expanded 400 times with15 free trade agreements over the past more than three decades, which is theresult of Vietnam’s efforts and the support of international friends, includingOECD.
Vietnam is ready to work with OECD to provide data for analysisand reference, he said. He suggested OECD continue assisting Vietnam in humanresources training, risk governance, macro-economic stability, promote economicdevelopment driving forces such as consumption, export, circular and digital economy,economic restructuring based on sci-tech and innovation; as well as seek waysto improve Vietnam’s competitiveness.
At the reception (Photo: VNA) Cormann, for his part, congratulated Vietnam on successfullyholding the OECD Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum, the first activity of the 2022-2025OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme co-chaired by both Vietnam and Australia.
He expressed his impression on Vietnam’s developmentachievements over the past three decades, including its people-centred policy andswitch from zero COVID-19 to door re-opening, resulting in strong recovery in2022 and positive prospects in 2023.
OECD will help Vietnam achieve development goals and partnerwith the country in economic recovery and reform for green and sustainabledevelopment, he said.
He committed to working closely with Vietnam to successfullyperform its role as the co-chair of the OECD Southeast Asia Regional Programme for 2022-2025and launch the Action Programme to realise the Memorandum of Understanding on cooperationfor the 2022-2026 period./.
