Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh sends message to UNCTAD16 conference

According to a VNA correspondent in Switzerland, with the theme “Shaping the Future: Accelerating Economic Transformation towards Equitable, Inclusive and Sustainable Development”, the 16th Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD 16) opened on October 20. This is considered an important opportunity to help reshape global trade, especially in the context of increasing instability.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh . Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

During the opening session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh delivered a speech via video recording, congratulating the conference and sharing three messages to the conference.

Firstly, the Prime Minister emphasized that the world is living in a turning point in history, requiring people to change their thinking, change their way of thinking, their way of doing things, to think deeply and do bigger things. The Prime Minister believes that it is necessary to put people at the center, as the subject, as the resource, as the driving force, as the goal of development. Therefore, all policies must aim at human development. In the current context, the Prime Minister affirmed that it is necessary to take science - technology , innovation and digital transformation as the foundation; it is necessary to take environmental protection and ensuring social security as the main driving force to focus on rapid but sustainable development.

Second, more than ever, in the current context, the Prime Minister believes that it is necessary to call for international solidarity, promote multilateralism and work together to promote global development. All current issues are related to the entire people, comprehensively and globally. Therefore, the world must ensure a fair, transparent and rule-based world order, considering it a prerequisite for peace, stability, cooperation, development and common prosperity for all people. The Prime Minister emphasized the need to reform, strengthen trust in multilateralism, enhance international cooperation, and join hands to promote strong and effective reform of the multilateral trade and financial system towards openness, fairness, inclusiveness, and meeting the interests of all countries.

Finally, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam pursues an independent, self-reliant, multilateral and diversified foreign policy, is a good friend and reliable partner with all countries in the world, and is a responsible member of the international community. The Prime Minister expressed that Vietnam firmly supports the central role of the United Nations in ensuring a peaceful environment, promoting cooperation, and resolving global and people-related issues, including trade, investment and inclusive and sustainable development.

The event, scheduled to run from now until October 23, will be organized by Switzerland and UNCTAD and will bring together heads of state and government, trade and economic ministers, Nobel laureates, heads of international organizations and renowned experts to engage in a high-level dialogue on global trends and policy approaches in trade, investment, development and the digital economy.

Speaking at a press conference before the conference, Ms. Rebeca Grynspan - Secretary-General of UNCTAD - said that the UN Secretary-General will also attend the conference, and emphasized the importance of UNCTAD. According to her, this is the largest trade conference of the UN in the past 4 years and UNCTAD 16 takes place at an important time for global trade as well as multilateralism when the world is witnessing a breakthrough shift.

According to Ms. Rebeca Grynspan, the decisions made at UNCTAD 16 will impact the future of trade, global development policy and future debates. During the conference days, delegates will discuss the most important challenges facing the global economy and the current political and economic context.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thu-tuong-pham-minh-chinh-gui-thong-dep-toi-hoi-nghi-unctad16-20251020181632181.htm