Speaking at Columbia University, the General Secretary and President said that after nearly 80 years of national founding and nearly 40 years of Doi Moi, under the comprehensive leadership of the Communist Party, Vietnam is standing at a new historical starting point, a new era - the era of the Vietnamese nation's rise. The great and historic achievements of the Doi Moi process are the premise for the Vietnamese people to believe in the future ahead. Vietnam will continue to promote the Doi Moi process, open up, and integrate comprehensively and deeply into the world; and will continue to be a stable, trustworthy and attractive destination for foreign investors, businesses and tourists.
General Secretary and President To Lam talks with Columbia University students
In the context of the rapidly changing world situation, the General Secretary and President affirmed that under the leadership of the Communist Party, Vietnam will continue to consistently implement its foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization and diversification. Vietnam will persist in its "4 no's" defense policy, strongly support the settlement of disputes and disagreements by peaceful means on the basis of the UN Charter and international law, and oppose unilateral actions, power politics, and the use or threat of force in international relations.
Make the impossible possible
Referring to the Vietnam-US relationship, the General Secretary and President said that over the past 30 years, from former enemies, the two countries have become partners, comprehensive partners and now comprehensive strategic partners.
Cooperation in all areas from politics - diplomacy to economics - trade, defense - security, overcoming the consequences of war, education - training, people-to-people exchange, in handling regional and global issues such as climate change, counter-terrorism, participating in UN peacekeeping forces. Going beyond the bilateral framework, Vietnam - US cooperation has gradually reached regional and global levels, especially in responding to climate change, preventing the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, counter-terrorism, UN peacekeeping, cyber security, etc., thereby contributing increasingly positively to peace, stability, cooperation and development in the Asia - Pacific region and the world.
Emphasizing Vietnam's motto of putting the past behind and looking toward the future, the General Secretary and President believes that with an approach that promotes international solidarity and looks toward the future, as well as the success story of Vietnam-US relations, the world will turn the impossible into possible.
There is still much room for Vietnam-US economic cooperation.
Also on the afternoon of September 23 in New York, General Secretary and President To Lam attended a business seminar organized by the US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC), the US Chamber of Commerce (USCC) and the Business Council for Common Understanding (BCIU) in coordination with the Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Vietnamese Embassy in the US.
At the seminar, US businesses highly appreciated the economic development priority policy of the leaders of the Vietnamese Party and State, especially the commitment to remove institutional obstacles and barriers, helping businesses overcome difficulties and promote production and business activities. Businesses also shared about cooperation opportunities in many fields in which Vietnam has great potential and expressed hope to soon invest in Vietnam, wishing that the Vietnamese government would create favorable conditions in terms of mechanisms and policies for favorable investment activities and long-term cooperation. Representatives of US businesses also shared the vision of the Vietnamese government on strategic orientations towards a new era, the era of national development as General Secretary and President To Lam mentioned.
Speaking at the seminar, the General Secretary and President said that the world economic situation has many fluctuations, complex and unpredictable developments, but positive trends are maintained, in which the need for peace, stability and cooperation for development is still the main flow; Asia - Pacific is still the growth engine of the world; the fourth industrial revolution is taking place strongly around the world, affecting all areas of the economy, in which the US continues to be one of the leading locomotives in financial activities, science and technology, and innovation in the world.
In that context, according to the General Secretary and President, the Vietnam-US relationship continues to develop strongly, deeply, substantially, comprehensively and effectively on the basis of trust and interests of the people of the two countries, contributing better to peace, stability, cooperation and sustainable development of the region and the world.
The US continues to be one of Vietnam's leading investment partners, and more and more Vietnamese enterprises have invested in the US market. Bilateral trade turnover in 2023 is expected to reach more than 110 billion USD. However, the General Secretary and President said that the two countries' potential for cooperation still has a lot of room.
After listening to the sharing, contributions and meeting with many leading corporations, the General Secretary and President said he felt the energy and enthusiasm of the US business community to jointly promote the expansion of investment cooperation activities with Vietnam in the coming time, and at the same time hoped that US businesses would continue to strive to become the largest investors in Vietnam.
The General Secretary and President hopes that US investors will research and expand investment in sectors and fields such as science and technology, innovation, research and development; green economy, digital economy, circular economy, knowledge economy; development of chip industry, semiconductor, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT); new energy, renewable energy; finance, financial centers; biotechnology, healthcare, etc.
The General Secretary and President also hopes that US investors will continue to support the US Government to soon recognize Vietnam as a market economy, thereby creating favorable conditions for businesses from both sides to cooperate in investment and business.
On this occasion, the General Secretary and President witnessed the handover ceremony of documents signed between Vietnamese and American businesses.
Many US corporations are interested in increasing investment in Vietnam.
In New York (USA), on the afternoon of September 23 (local time), General Secretary and President To Lam received former Google CEO Eric Schmidt and a number of technology businesses as well as leading investment funds in the US and the world, including Apple, Meta, Super Micro, and two investment funds Blackstone and Warbug Pincus.
Receiving the leader of Apple Corporation, he said that Vietnam has recently established a working group to implement cooperation with Apple Corporation. The General Secretary and President hoped that this would be an effective cooperation mechanism, bringing practical benefits to both sides in the coming time.
Apple Vice President Nick Ammann assessed that Vietnam is not only a great market for the corporation, but also a production base for Apple to supply its goods to the world.
At the meeting with the leaders of Meta Group, General Secretary and President To Lam said that Vietnam has identified digital transformation as one of the important driving forces to bring the country into a new era. Meta's President of Global External Relations, Mr. Nick Clegg, shared plans to increase production in Vietnam for Metaverse virtual reality glasses products.
Receiving Mr. Stephen Schwarzman, Chairman, CEO and Founder of Blackstone Investment Fund, the General Secretary and President highly appreciated Blackstone's plan to participate in investing in developing energy transition projects in Vietnam. Noting that Blackstone is the largest investment fund in the world with a total asset value of over 1,000 billion USD under management, Mr. Schwarzman expressed his desire to expand investment in Vietnam.
Receiving Mr. Jake Siewert, CEO of Warburg Pincus - one of the oldest and largest private equity funds in the world, the General Secretary and President welcomed and highly appreciated the effective investment and business cooperation activities of Warburg Pincus globally in general and in Vietnam in particular in recent times. Informing that Warburg Pincus has so far invested about 4 billion USD in Vietnam, Mr. Jake Siewert expressed his interest in cooperation to attract green financial capital, Power Plan 8, renewable energy... in Vietnam.
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