East Asia WEF offers lessons for Vietnam’s development
The 2010 World Economic Forum on East Asia gives Vietnam a chance to draw lessons for its development through speeches by international experts and scholars, said President Nguyen Minh Triet while hosting a banquet in honour of leaders and delegates to the forum.
The banquet, held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6, was attended by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao PM, Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar PM Thein Sein, and the host PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Vice Chairwoman of the Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference Wang Zhizhen and WEF President Klaus Schwab.
Vietnam is determined to integrate into the world’s economy and will do its best to develop itself, contributing to the development of East Asia and Asia, Mr Triet said.
Like other regional countries, Vietnam always pays due attention to the combination of economic development with social, human and environmental issues, President Triet said. As a result, it has fulfilled the UN Millennium Development Goals on poverty reduction and hunger alleviation ahead of schedule, which has been praised by the UN and international organizations.
The country also pays attention to cooking production to ensure food security for the country and the world at large, the president added.
Vietnam pursues growth model based on competitiveness
Vietnam is pursuing a growth model based on the competitive capacity, said Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at a seminar on the sidelines of the 19th World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia which is taking place in HCM City from June 6-7.
The seminar showed the Vietnamese Government and business community’s determination to pursue and consolidate its development model based on competitive capacity, quality, efficiency and sustainability, said Mr Hai.
Addressing the seminar, the President of the European Chamber of Commerce (EuroCham), Alain Cany highlighted Vietnam’s economic achievements over the past 10 years. However, Mr Alain said Vietnam should make major some decisions to enhance the equitisation of State owned enterprises (SoEs) and change its strategies for attracting foreign investment because the country is past the period of attracting foreign investment to generate more jobs.
Source: VOV/VNA
