Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue (R) and Director of OECD’s Multi-dimensional Country Review (MDCR) office Jan Rielander (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam attaches great importance to its cooperation with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD) in terms of both bilateral and regional frameworks, DeputyPrime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue told an official from the OECD.
During a reception for Director of OECD’s Multi-dimensional Country Review (MDCR)office Jan Rielander in Hanoi on December3, Deputy PM Hue praised the OECD for its response and coordination with Vietnamin holding conferences and workshops in the APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam.
He highlighted the practical development of Vietnam-OECDcooperation and the active results of the bilateral cooperation plan for2016-2020, while praising the OECD for its support for Vietnam in reviewing thecountry’s development policies.
He suggested that the OECD continue supporting and giving policy-related adviceto Vietnam in the fields of climate change and adaptable agriculture,science-technology, and education-training; and in helping Vietnam build aroadmap to implement the minimum standards of base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS).
The Deputy PM applauded the OECD for providing the preliminary proposal for thedevelopment of a MDCR for Vietnam, asking theorganisation to help Vietnam call for support from OECD member nations in implementigthe report.
Vietnam is preparing to build a socio-economic development strategy for after2020, Hue said, adding that the development of a MDCR will effectively support the process of policymaking in Vietnam.
For his part, Jan Rielander expressed his appreciation of Vietnam’srole and position in the Southeast Asia and Asia Pacific regions as the countrybecame a member of the OECD in 2018.
OECD is working with many countries, including Vietnam, to carry out the developmentof the MDCR towards giving recommendationsand measures to governments so as to promote the development of their people,prosperity, and peace.
The implementation of the report will start in 2019, he said.
Deputy PM Hue and Jan Rielander agreed to promote the implementationof the MDCR in Vietnam as soon as possible. –VNA
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