Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is about to visit China, the third time in a year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will arrive in Dalian (China) from June 24, marking his third trip to China in the past year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at an event with WEF 2021 - Photo: VNA

According to a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the 15th annual Pioneers Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) held in Dalian City, Liaoning Province, and work in China from June 24 to 27. The trip is taking place at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.

Third visit to China in a year

According to the WEF website, this year's event in Dalian will bring together more than 1,500 senior leaders from countries, international organizations, business people, and scholars around the world.

The conference will focus on six topics, including the global economy, businesses in the era of artificial intelligence, industries, investing in people...

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to deliver an important speech at the plenary opening session on June 25.

Chinese Premier Li Qiang, Polish President Andrzej Duda and WEF Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab will also speak at the same opening session, the WEF website added.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (left) and Chinese Premier Li Qiang in Nanning (Guangxi) in September 2023 - Photo: VNA

This is Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's third visit to China within the past year.

Last year, also in June, the head of government made his first official visit to China in his new position and attended the WEF in Tianjin.

Three months later, in September, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh went to Nanning (Guangxi province) to attend the 2023 China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO) and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (CABIS).

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's trip this time takes place in the context of Vietnam and China celebrating the 75th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations.

Relations between the two countries have witnessed many positive developments in recent times, including the historic visits of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong (October 2022) and General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping (December 2023).

Spreading Vietnam's message to the world

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in a meeting with Professor Klaus Schwab (second from left), founder and executive chairman of WEF, in 2023 - Photo: VGP

WEF is a non-profit organization operating in the form of public-private partnership, founded in 1971 by Professor Klaus Schwab with headquarters in Geneva (Switzerland). WEF currently has about 700 partners who are leaders of the world's leading corporations in various fields.

The most important event of WEF is the annual conference held every January in Davos, Switzerland. Besides, there are regional forums such as WEF Tianjin (or Dalian, China) Conference, WEF ASEAN Conference.

WEF events attract the world's leading political, business, cultural, social, research and academic leaders to shape agendas at the regional and global levels.

Since Vietnam and WEF established relations in 1989, cooperation between Vietnam and WEF has been promoted and developed in many fields by leaders of both sides.

Vietnam has attended the WEF Davos Annual Meeting five times at the Prime Minister level in 2007, 2010, 2017, 2019 and 2024; other years it usually attends at the deputy prime minister level.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the WEF conference in Dalian this time shows Vietnam’s respect for the WEF. At the same time, this is also an opportunity for Vietnam to convey its message, contribute its views and experience to global economic issues.

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