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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Harvard professors

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the Vietnam Executive Leadership Programme, a collaborative initiative between the Vietnamese Government, the UNDP and the Vietnam Programme at the Harvard Kennedy School.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc receives Harvard professors ảnh 1Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (centre) and the Harvard professors at the reception. (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc spoke highly of the VietnamExecutive Leadership Programme (VELP), a collaborative initiative between theVietnamese Government, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and theVietnam Programme at the Harvard Kennedy School.

He made the praise while giving a reception for Professor Davis Dapice, SeniorEconomist of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Vietnam Programme, and ProfessorThomas Vallely, Director of the Vietnam Programme, in Hanoion January 16.

As Vietnam is looking for measures to turn itself into a “new Asian economictiger”, the PM hoped that experts will study and choose suitable themes for theVELP.

Professor Vallely lauded Vietnam’s sound economic growth in the region, sayingthat deep renovation will be the main theme of the VELP 2018.

Vietnam should pay heed to the response to climate change in the Mekong Deltaregion and tackle urban issues and restructuring at credit institutions, herecommended, noting that promoting production of high added value rice is alsoan important measure for the country.-VNA
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