In front of 2,000 businesses at the APEC Business Summit 2023, President Vo Van Thuong conveyed a message of cooperation to light up the dreams of the dynamic and creative Asia-Pacific region.
From November 14-16, in San Francisco (USA), the APEC Business Summit 2023 took place with the participation of nearly 2,000 leading business leaders from the world and the Asia-Pacific region, international organizations, research institutes and universities in the region.
This is the most important event of the regional business community, held annually on the occasion of APEC High-Level Week, to create opportunities for businesses to meet, exchange directly and make recommendations to APEC leaders .
With the theme “Creating economic opportunities: Sustainable. Inclusive. Resilient. Innovative”, this year’s conference includes 20 discussion sessions focusing on the top concerns of the business community.
The President speaks at the conference. Photo: VNA
President Vo Van Thuong, along with the US President, South Korean President, Chilean President, Peruvian President, Indonesian President, Philippine President, Thai Prime Minister, and Malaysian Prime Minister are the honored guests of this year's conference.
Speaking at the discussion session on “Sustainable and Inclusive Growth”, President Vo Van Thuong pointed out four major contradictions in the current world economy.
The economy is growing, wealth is increasing, but the gap between rich and poor is widening and environmental destruction is becoming more serious. After more than three decades of the world benefiting from globalization and forming a network of international economic relations with intertwined interests and interdependence, the trend of protectionism and separation is increasing strongly.
Science and technology are developing rapidly, with global influence, but the institutional framework is still basically limited to the national level; science and technology bring great development opportunities but also contain unpredictable dangers. Economies pursuing a growth model that encourages consumption, even over-consumption, but cannot mobilize enough resources for the Sustainable Development Goals.
The President emphasized that in order to continue pursuing the lofty goals that have been set, a new, inclusive, harmonious and humane mindset is needed. It is necessary to ensure the mutual relationship between economic growth, social equity and environmental protection; It is necessary to maintain an open and connected world economy while ensuring the economic security of nations. Global governance of technology (especially artificial intelligence and biotechnology) is not only aimed at managing the development of technologies, but also addressing the economic, social, cultural and political consequences of this process. It is necessary to prioritize resources for sustainable and inclusive development goals.
APEC is always an "incubator" of ideas.
According to the President, APEC has always been an “incubator” of economic connectivity ideas, laying the foundation for global cooperation agreements. APEC has also taken the lead in promoting green growth, responding to natural disasters, strongly supporting gender equality, supporting small and medium enterprises, and improving the quality of healthcare and education. These successes have always been accompanied by important contributions from the business community in the region.
The President said that the business community has always been an important part of the APEC process, actively contributing to policy formulation and implementation as well as promoting new ideas and new thinking.
The President called on the business community to join the State in fulfilling its commitment to sustainable development, pursuing long-term economic, environmental and social goals; increasing investment in science and technology, investing in people, and investing in building an inclusive and resilient community.
Sharing with the Asia-Pacific business community Vietnam's development viewpoints and policies, the President affirmed that maintaining sustainable economic growth coupled with progress, social justice and protection of the ecological environment, ensuring that all people can develop their potential, participate and equally enjoy the fruits of development is a consistent requirement throughout Vietnam's development process.
Economic growth must go hand in hand with social progress and equity, which must be carried out in every step, every policy, and throughout the development process; progress and social equity and the environment must not be "sacrificed" to pursue mere economic growth.
The APEC Business Summit 2023 welcomes more than 30 speakers, including world leaders and global business executives. Photo: VNA
With that viewpoint, Vietnam is synchronously implementing three groups of solutions: Building an independent and self-reliant economy associated with active and proactive international integration; taking internal resources as fundamental, strategic and decisive, external resources as important and breakthrough; strengthening the management and effective use of resources; protecting the environment and responding to climate change; promoting green transformation towards global goals and commitments on climate; creating an environment that encourages the poor and disadvantaged to strive, rise up on their own, integrate into the community, and eliminate discrimination in society.
With the policy of welcoming more than 30 speakers, including world leaders and global business executives, the APEC Business Summit 2023 will take quality, efficiency, high technology and environmental protection as top criteria. Vietnam prioritizes attracting investment projects in sectors and fields such as: Science - technology, innovation; Green economy, digital economy, circular economy, knowledge economy; Electronic components, electric cars...; Semiconductor production, new energy (such as hydrogen), renewable energy; Development of financial centers, green finance; Biotechnology, healthcare...
The President stressed that APEC's success can only be achieved on the basis of friendship and trust among members and the support of businesses and people, and affirmed that Vietnam is ready to join APEC members and the Asia-Pacific business community in building a bright future for all people.
At the end of his speech, the President quoted the poetry of the early 20th century poet Ina Coolbrith, who wrote warm and bright verses about San Francisco:
From here, the Golden Gate of the city,
Welcoming the bright eastern sunlight,
The sunset casts a sparkling glow,
Reigning in eternal glory,
City of fog, and of dreams!
"In San Francisco where we are meeting, let us continue to light up the dreams of the city, of the dynamic, creative, prosperous Asia-Pacific region, and of a peaceful and cooperative world," the President called.
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