Attending a special dialogue within the framework of the WEF 2025 Conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh answered questions about Vietnam - US relations and plans to play golf with President Trump.
On the afternoon of January 21 (local time), Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a speech at the Special Policy Dialogue Session "Breakthrough to the Future: Vietnam's Vision on Innovation and Global Role" within the framework of the World Economic Forum (WEF) Davos 2025.
The dialogue session was arranged by WEF as a highlight on the first official working day of the Conference and was one of five policy dialogue sessions with heads of state and government, who are assessed by WEF to have vision, influence and the ability to inspire, held at this year's WEF Davos Conference. The dialogue session was broadcast live on WEF's major online platforms.
The dialogue between the Prime Minister and the famous host, Chief Editor of Financial Times Gillian Tett, conveyed a strong message about Vietnam as an attractive strategic choice for foreign investors in the context of major country competition, thanks to its economic development achievements over 40 years of innovation, its will and determination, along with breakthrough development policies to seize opportunities in the smart era so that science and technology, innovation, and digital transformation become resources to help the Vietnamese economy achieve the goal of becoming a developed, high-income economy by 2045.
Assessing the current international context, the Prime Minister emphasized that the smart era is an era of political stability, no war; rapid but sustainable economic development; the environment must be protected and no one is left behind. In particular, the smart era must go hand in hand with the development of artificial intelligence and databases.
To prepare for the smart era, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam advocates promoting the improvement of institutions and laws, creating favorable conditions for subjects to develop equally in a multi-sector economy, and determining that the development of artificial intelligence in Vietnam must be based on Vietnam's database.
The newly issued Resolution 57 of the Politburo on science and technology development, innovation and digital transformation will create a strong boost for investment in research and development.
The Vietnamese Government also focuses on ensuring intellectual property rights to create an equal legal framework for foreign investors in the technology sector. The Prime Minister shared that the Vietnamese Government has been making efforts to promote investment, mobilize social resources and businesses for the development of transport infrastructure and smart infrastructure, and is expected to complete the construction of the national data center in June 2025.
The Prime Minister emphasized that although Vietnam is a disadvantaged country with a low starting point and an economy in transition, investment in research and development is still limited compared to other countries in the region.
However, in recent years, Vietnam has been promoting institutions to encourage R&D and mobilizing resources to invest in R&D. With these efforts, Vietnam has become an important partner in research and development cooperation and an attractive investment destination for large global technology corporations such as Samsung, NVIDIA, etc.
Responding to a question about how Vietnam can balance relations with both the United States and China in the context of strategic competition, the Prime Minister emphasized that Vietnam is steadfast in its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification; being a good friend, a reliable partner, and an active and responsible member of the international community, for the goal of peace, stability, cooperation, and development.
Responding to concerns related to Vietnam's trade surplus with the United States, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam is always ready to listen, discuss and resolve issues of concern to partners; Vietnam wishes to promote its competitive advantages, increase imports and cooperation in areas where the United States has strengths and Vietnam has needs such as aviation, high technology, etc., while increasing exchanges to better understand each other, in the spirit of "harmonious benefits and shared risks".
The Prime Minister repeated the saying of President Ho Chi Minh: "Nothing is difficult/Only fear that the heart is not steadfast/Digging mountains and filling seas/With determination, it will be done".
Responding to the question of whether Vietnam has discussed with the Government of US President Donald Trump, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam has discussed with the US side, General Secretary To Lam has discussed directly with President Trump, there are contents that can be announced but there are also contents that are still under discussion.
The MC asked the Prime Minister if he planned to go to President Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate and play golf with the President. "If playing golf brings national, ethnic and compatriot benefits, I am not afraid and I am ready." The Prime Minister replied.
Sharing Ms. Gillian Tett's comments on the challenges from climate change and ensuring the dual goals of economic development and environmental protection, the Prime Minister emphasized that as one of the countries most heavily affected by climate change and rising sea levels, Vietnam is strongly committed to bringing net emissions to zero and making efforts to promote green transformation and green production.
The Prime Minister was pleased to share some specific examples with widespread significance, such as the development of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission rice to both contribute to ensuring global food security and promote green growth.
Regarding the energy transition sector, the Prime Minister said that Vietnam is accelerating and making efforts to perfect its institutions to unlock resources for renewable energy development, and has begun to launch nuclear power projects to ensure clean energy supply for national development.
Concluding the Dialogue, Ms. Gillian Tett shared the opinions of foreign investors about Vietnam as an impressive country with its economic transformation process over the past 4 decades of renovation, maintaining strong growth momentum for a long time, attracting a large number of foreign direct investment projects, maintaining financial and monetary stability and an economic growth rate of over 7% even in the context of a difficult world economy in 2024.
With the goal of double-digit growth in the coming time, Vietnam will become a model of development in the world. Ms. Gillian Tett shared the appreciation of the business community for the commitment of the Vietnamese Government for the development and national interests, in the words of President Ho Chi Minh "digging mountains and filling seas, determination will make it happen".
The messages of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received high appreciation from the delegates attending. The success of the second consecutive year of the WEF policy dialogue contributed to consolidating the role and international position, spreading the great achievements of the country in recent years, as well as the vision and development prospects of Vietnam in the new era, the era of national development.
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