On the morning of October 17,President Vo Van Thuong led a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to Beijing (China) to attend the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, from October 17 to 20, at the invitation of General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping.
President Vo Van Thuong left for the 3rd Belt and Road Forum in China on the morning of October 17.
Responding to the press about the significance of the President's working trip, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu said that this is a working trip to China and also the first multilateral foreign activity of President Vo Van Thuong in his new position.
This is also the first Belt and Road conference after the pandemic, so it is highly valued and cared for by China and other countries. Therefore, the participation of President Vo Van Thuong at this forum is extremely important on both bilateral and multilateral levels.
On the multilateral level, the participation of President Vo Van Thuong demonstrates Vietnam's strong commitment to multilateralism and active initiative in enhancing regional and global economic cooperation and connectivity.
President Vo Van Thuong will join leaders and representatives of more than 140 countries and international organizations to discuss important contents and topics considered as new driving forces for the economic recovery process of each country as well as the global economy, such as green transformation, digital transformation, digital innovation, modern agriculture, development of small and medium enterprises, startups, etc.
On the bilateral level, President Vo Van Thuong's working trip to China was highly valued by leaders of the two countries.
Mr. Vu said that this is a high-level foreign activity in the year commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership. The meetings between President Vo Van Thuong and key Chinese leaders will contribute to enhancing political trust, maintaining the momentum of the relationship as well as creating new cooperation opportunities, especially after many high-level activities between the two countries, especially the official visit to China by General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (October 2022).
Thereby, the President's working trip will contribute to developing the Vietnam-China comprehensive strategic cooperative partnership in a more healthy, stable and sustainable manner in the coming time.
Opening up many new cooperation opportunities for Vietnam
Regarding the expectation of cooperation during the working trip, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Ngo Minh Vu said that in the context of the world economic downturn, increasing protectionism and globalization showing signs of slowing down, the participation of President Vo Van Thuong at the 3rd Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation will contribute to strengthening the trend of strengthening regional and global economic connectivity, especially when Vietnam has a large economic openness.
Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu
In addition, President Vo Van Thuong and leaders of China and other countries will exchange and discuss contents that are suitable for Vietnam's development orientation such as green growth, digital economy, innovation, development of small and medium enterprises, anti-corruption and ensuring integrity in the economic cooperation process, etc., which will contribute to creating lessons and experiences, thereby mobilizing resources and expanding economic cooperation.
The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs also affirmed that the meetings between President Vo Van Thuong and key Chinese leaders as well as other international leaders attending the conference will open up many new cooperation opportunities for Vietnam.
With China, the two sides will exchange high-level and all-level exchanges; promote more sustainable and balanced economic, trade and investment relations in the coming time; strengthen infrastructure cooperation, especially within the framework of the "Two Corridors, One Belt" and "One Belt, One Road" connections.
"This will also create extremely important cooperation orientations for Vietnamese ministries, branches and localities to coordinate with Chinese partners to continue bringing the bilateral relationship into a new phase with higher political trust, more substantive cooperation, a more consolidated social foundation and better resolution of disagreements," Deputy Minister Nguyen Minh Vu emphasized.
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