Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives OECD Secretary General

On the afternoon of October 27, at the Government Office, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received Secretary General of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Mathias Cormann on the occasion of attending the OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum and activities within the framework of the OECD Co-Chairmanship of the Southeast Asia Programme (SEARP) in 2023, held for the second consecutive time in Hanoi.

The Prime Minister was pleased to meet the Secretary General again, thanking the OECD for its companionship and support to Vietnam in assuming the role of Co-Chair of the Southeast Asia Program, especially its contribution to the success of the OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum and the Vietnam-OECD Investment Forum which took place from October 26-27.

The Prime Minister welcomed the OECD's adoption of the Indo-Pacific Strategic Framework (June 2023), hoping that the OECD and the Secretary-General will continue to pay attention, support, and devote resources to promoting cooperation and support for the region.

Appreciating the good cooperative relationship between Vietnam and OECD, the Prime Minister suggested that both sides promote more substantive and effective cooperation.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh shared Vietnam's strategic development orientations, emphasizing Vietnam's priorities in the coming time, including promoting three strategic breakthroughs in institutions, infrastructure and human resources; consolidating important growth drivers (export, investment, consumption) while promoting new growth drivers such as green economy, digital transformation, circular economy, low-emission economy, and knowledge economy.

The Prime Minister proposed that the OECD help Vietnam build policies to attract high-quality investment to help Vietnam participate more deeply in the global value and supply chain, ensure investor benefits, and effectively adapt to the application of new standards, especially global minimum tax.

The Prime Minister also called on OECD to support Vietnam in promoting new growth drivers such as green transformation, digital transformation, carbon market development, green standards, low emissions, innovation, etc. These are areas of cooperation that are consistent with OECD's strengths and that Vietnam currently has a need for and prioritizes promoting.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives OECD Secretary General Mathias Cormann. Photo: Duong Giang/VNA

OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann thanked the Prime Minister for his kind sentiments and highly appreciated Vietnam's key role as Co-Chair of the SEARP Program, especially the initiative to organize the OECD-Southeast Asia Ministerial Forum. The Secretary-General welcomed the profound and urgent theme of this year's Forum "Sustainable and Quality Investment: New Momentum for the OECD-Southeast Asia Partnership", which reflected the concerns and attracted the participation of many levels of Ministers from many countries.

The Secretary-General was impressed by Vietnam's development achievements, especially in the context of global economic difficulties, declining global investment, and continuous increase in investment in Vietnam.

The Secretary-General believes that in the context of many changes in the global environment, Vietnam still has much room to attract high-quality investment towards green and sustainable development. The Secretary-General reaffirms the strategic importance of the Southeast Asian region in general and Vietnam in particular to the OECD, agrees to elevate the Vietnam - OECD relationship and is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in areas of mutual interest.

According to VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper

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