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 was attended directly by Professor Klaus Schwab, founder and Chairman of WEF, 100 leaders, representatives of countries, international organizations, corporations and businesses that are members of WEF. Famous commentator on international relations Thomas Friedman, The New York Times - author of the book The World is Flat , was the moderator of the dialogue session.
Pioneering country in green development
Professor Schwab assessed that Vietnam is not only a star in the East Asia region but is also in the process of transforming into a country with economic influence at the world level. The professor highly appreciated and believed in the increasing role of Vietnam, truly becoming one of the pioneering countries in developing a green and smart economy. Sharing his views with Professor Schwab, Mr. Thomas Friedman said that Vietnam is a typical example of reform and development, internationally recognized as a model of rapid and sustainable economic development.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Professor Klaus Schwab witnessed the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the WEF.
Speaking at the dialogue session, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed a number of Vietnam's consistent orientations and viewpoints in the process of building and developing the country. Firstly, building a socialist rule-of-law state, socialist democracy, a socialist-oriented market economy, developing an independent, self-reliant economy, actively and proactively integrating deeply, substantially and effectively into the international economy. Secondly, firmly upholding the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development. Thirdly, persevering in the "four no's" defense policy. Fourthly, building an advanced culture imbued with national identity in the spirit of culture guiding the nation, as long as culture exists, the nation exists.
5 great lessons learned
Highlighting the great and historic achievements in the nearly 40 years of Doi Moi, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that such success was achieved thanks to five major lessons. First, to be steadfast on the path to socialism; to persevere in the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, multilateralization, and diversification; to be a good friend, a reliable partner, and a responsible member of the international community. Second, to consider the people as the ones who make history. Third, to promote the strength of great national unity. Fourth, to combine national strength with the strength of the times. Fifth, to promote the leadership role of the Party.
On that basis, the Prime Minister shared two suggestions for countries. First, identify resources starting from thinking, motivation starting from innovation and strength originating from the people. The Prime Minister emphasized the role of international solidarity and multilateralism in solving global issues. Second, take people as the center, the subject, the most important resource, the driving force and goal of development. Accordingly, people need to directly participate in and benefit from policies.
Priority areas
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasized a number of priority areas of Vietnam in the coming time, including digital transformation, science and technology, artificial intelligence, green transformation... and determined that this is both an objective requirement and trend and a strategic choice.
In the semiconductor sector, 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 sector in the near future. Regarding artificial intelligence, the Prime Minister assessed that every issue has two sides, saying that Vietnam will actively exploit the advantages and limit the negative effects of AI, starting with building a national database, in parallel with perfecting investment attraction policies and enhancing and improving the effectiveness of human resource training. In cooperation with enterprises, the Prime Minister emphasized that the Vietnamese Government will continue to perfect and develop three strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure, and human resources; create the most favorable conditions for foreign enterprises to cooperate in business, on the basis of maximizing the trust, hope and determination of both sides and wishing that enterprises link production and consumption with research and training.
The Prime Minister shared that Vietnam is one of the countries most affected by climate change, emphasizing the commitment to bring net zero emissions by 2050 at the COP26 Conference. Accordingly, the Prime Minister said that in recent times, Vietnam has proactively improved its ability to adapt to landslides, droughts, and natural disasters, while implementing a new initiative on sustainable development of 1 million hectares of high-quality, low-emission specialized rice...
Promoting similarities, looking towards the future
Responding to commentator Thomas Friedman's question about Vietnam's stance 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, continuously affected by war, siege, and embargo. However, Vietnam has "put aside the past, overcome differences, promote similarities, and look to the future" to turn enemies into friends.
The Prime Minister affirmed that the visit to Vietnam by Chinese General Secretary and President Xi Jinping and US President Joe Biden in 2023 demonstrates the strong political trust between Vietnam and the two partners, demonstrating Vietnam's independent and self-reliant foreign policy for peace, cooperation, development and prosperity, multilateralization and diversification.
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