This is one of eight dialogue sessions with Heads of State and Government organized by WEF at this year's Davos Conference. The dialogue session had the direct participation of Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and President of WEF, 8 leaders, representatives of countries, international organizations, corporations, and businesses that are members of WEF. Famous commentator on international relations Thomas Friedman, newspaper The New York Times – author of the book Flat World, is the dialogue session moderator.
Pioneering country in green development
Professor Schwab assessed that Vietnam is not only a star in East Asia but is also in the process of transforming into a country with economic influence at the world level. The professor highly appreciates and believes in the increasing role of Vietnam, truly becoming one of the pioneering countries in developing a green and smart economy. Sharing his opinion with Professor Schwab, Mr. Thomas Friedman said that Vietnam is a typical example of reform and development, internationally considered a model of rapid and sustainable economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Professor Klaus Schwab witnessed the signing of a cooperation memorandum between Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and WEF
Speaking at the dialogue session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed a number of orientations and viewpoints of Vietnam in the process of building and developing the country. Firstly, build a socialist rule-of-law state, socialist democracy, socialist-oriented market economy, develop an independent, self-reliant, positive and proactive economy. Deep, substantive and effective international economic integration. Second, insist on a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development. Third, persist in the "four no's" defense policy. Fourth, build an advanced culture rich in national identity in the spirit of culture that lights the way for the nation. As long as culture exists, the nation will survive.
5 great lessons learned
Highlighting great and historically significant achievements during the nearly 40 years of Doi Moi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that success was thanks to 5 major lessons learned. Firstly, steadfastly pursue the path to socialism; persist in a foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification; a good friend, a trusted partner, and a responsible member of the international community. Second, consider the people as the makers of history. Third, promote the strength of great national unity. Fourth, combine national strength with the strength of the times. Fifth, promote the Party's leadership role.
On that basis, the Prime Minister shared 2 suggestions for countries. Firstly, identifying resources starts from thinking, motivation starts from innovation and power originates from the people. The Prime Minister emphasized the role of international solidarity and multilateralism in solving global problems. Second, take the people as the center, the most important subject and resource, the driving force and goal of development. Accordingly, people need to directly participate and benefit from policies.
Priority areas
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized a number of priority areas for Vietnam in the coming time, including digital transformation, science - technology, artificial intelligence, green transformation... and identified this as both a requirement and a requirement. , an objective trend and a strategic choice.
In the semiconductor field, the Prime Minister shared Vietnam's efforts in developing strategic infrastructure, especially information infrastructure, and is planning to train 50.000 - 100.000 engineers in the semiconductor field during the period. upcoming time. Regarding the field of artificial intelligence, the Prime Minister assessed that all issues are two-sided, saying that Vietnam will actively exploit the advantages and limit the negatives of AI, starting from building a database. country, in parallel with perfecting investment attraction policies and strengthening and improving the effectiveness of human resource training. In cooperation with businesses, the Prime Minister emphasized that the Vietnamese Government will continue to improve and develop three strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure, and human resources; create the most favorable conditions for foreign businesses to cooperate in business, on the basis of maximizing the trust, hope and determination of both sides and the desire for businesses to associate production and consumption with research. and training.
The Prime Minister shared that Vietnam is one of the countries most strongly affected by climate change, emphasizing the commitment to bring net emissions to zero by 0 at the COP2050 Conference. Accordingly, the Prime Minister said that in recent times, Vietnam has proactively improved its ability to adapt to landslides, droughts, and natural disasters, and at the same time, implemented a new initiative on sustainable development of 26 million hectares. Specialized rice with high quality and low emissions...
Promoting similarities, looking towards the future
Responding to commentator Thomas Friedman's question about Vietnam's perspective on balancing relations with major countries, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized that Vietnam is one of the countries that has suffered the most damage since World War II. 2, continuously affected by war, siege, and embargo. However, Vietnam has "put aside the past, overcome differences, promoted similarities, and looked to the future" to turn enemies into friends.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the visit to Vietnam by General Secretary, Chinese President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden in 2023 demonstrates the strong political trust between Vietnam and the two partners, demonstrating the path of partnership. foreign independence and autonomy for peace, cooperation, development and prosperity, multilateralization and diversification of Vietnam.
