Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (Source: VNA) It was the first time the PMattended the meeting and also his first foreign trip this year.
Upon the arrival, he joined 40successive activities, including delivering speeches at five sessions onregional and global issues; and holding high-level meetings with heads of stateand Prime Ministers of seven countries, as well as leaders of majorinternational organisations.
He also had 22 bilateral meetings and two dialogues with chief executiveofficers and leaders of WEF’s organisations as well as meeting with leadinginternational news agencies.
At the meeting themed “Responsiveand Responsible Leadership”, the PM presented speeches at the plenary anddialogue sessions revolving around the future of manufacturing from regionalstrategic perspective, ASEAN prospects after 50 years of formation anddevelopment, responsive and responsible leadership in a multi-polar world,strong governance in the fourth industrial revolution.
He called on countries to actresponsibly for the maintenance of peace and stability in the region and theworld, and lauded the role of multilateral organisations, especially the UnitedNations and ASEAN, in promoting common interests of the internationalcommunity.
Highlighting opportunities andchallenges brought about by the fourth industrial revolution to developingcountries, including Vietnam, the PM stressed that his country is restructuringits economy, renewing growth model based on improving productivity andcompetitiveness, facilitating startups, innovation and creativity, anddeveloping high-quality workforce.
At the plenary session on ASEAN’srole, he said member states need to work closely together to effectivelyimplement the ASEAN Economic Community’s Vision 2025 roadmap, uphold internalcooperation and tap free trade agreements with partners to boost investment andtrade in the region while ensuring regional security, peace and cooperation.
Vietnam has made important andresponsible contributions to strengthening ASEAN solidarity and unanimity andworked with other member states to build a strong ASEAN Community, he said.
While in Davos, the PM metbilaterally with Swiss President Doris Leuthard, Austrian PM Christian Kern, PMMark Rutte and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands, Sri Lankan PM RanilWickremesinghe, Ukraine President Petro Poroshenko, during which they agreed toeffectively implement bilateral collaboration mechanisms.
He also met UN Secretary GeneralAntonio Guterres, World Bank President Jim Yong Kim, Director General of theWorld Trade Organisation Roberto Azevedo, President of the Asian DevelopmentBank Tahehiko Nakao, and Secretary General of the Organisation of EconomicCooperation and Development (OECD) Angen Gurria.
The Vietnamese leader and WEFPresident Schwab witnessed the signing of a cooperation agreement betweenVietnam and the WEF to develop Vietnam’s self-resilient economy in the future.
As part of the meeting, the PMalso met key executives of 40 multinational corporations among the world’s top500 such as Microsoft, Facebook, Alphabet (Google), Qualcom, StandardChartered, Prudential, Alibaba, JETRO, Mitsubishi, UPS, Carlyle and Swiss Re.He held two thematic dialogues with the world’s leading firms operating ininformation technology and finance, and answered their questions.
He underlined Vietnam’sdetermination to build a transparent and constructive government in service ofthe people and businesses, adding that Vietnam strives to reach the averagelevel of ASEAN top 4, consisting of Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia andIndonesia, in terms of business environment, by 2017.
Speaking highly of Vietnam’sdevelopment potential, corporate executives pledged to do long-term business andcontinue investing in the country, especially in IT and hi-tech agriculture.
The PM’s visit has conveyed astrong message about Vietnam’s policies, orientations and determination oncomprehensive national reform and international integration for 2016-2020./.
VNA
