Gov’t chief receives foreign businessmen in Davos
VGP - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted receptions for chief executives of the world's leading businesses operating in technology, e-commerce, finance and tourism on the sidelines of the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 16.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh receives Ryan McInerney, CEO of Visa Inc., Davos, January 17, 2024 - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac
At these meetings, Pham pledged to create favorable conditions for foreign investors to do long-term business in Viet Nam.
At the meeting with Ryan McInerney, CEO of Visa Inc., a world leading digital payment enterprise with revenue of US$32.6 billion in 2023, Prime Minister Pham welcomed the Visa’s long-term investment strategy in Viet Nam.
The Government leader suggested Visa beef up cooperation with Vietnamese authorized agencies to support the development of programs for startup and innovation communities as Viet Nam has recently launched the National Innovation Center (NIC).
He invited Visa to invest and engage in the innovation and digital transformation process in Viet Nam, calling upon the company to cooperate with the State Bank of Viet Nam to build a comprehensive financial strategy and develop a stable and sustainable financial system with diverse forms and large scale.
He suggested Visa launch high-tech solutions in in different regions of Viet Nam to ensure that all people can access financial services.
* The same day, Prime Minister Pham received Vice President for Global Public Policy of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Michael Punke during which he hailed Amazon’s proposal to cooperate with Viet Nam in digital transformation, digital economy and digital society building.
The Prime Minister proposed Amazon support Viet Nam in designing training and sales consulting programs for potential Vietnamese partners on the Amazon platform, work with the NIC to promote trans-border export activities and build Vietnamese trademarks on its e-commerce platform.
In reply, Michael Punke said that Amazon wants to join the Vietnamese Government in building a policy that prioritizes the use of cloud computing. He also suggested the Vietnamese Government design policies to encourage businesses in the field of digital commerce and new services such as data centers, cloud computing and support cross-border data flows.
* Meeting Jane Sun, CEO of Trip.com, Prime Minister Pham asked her to back Vietnamese businesses, especially small and medium-sized enterprises, to participate in its network to reach customers on a global scale, thereby contributing to the general development of the tourism market in Viet Nam.
Trip.com is a multinational online travel service group that has 45,000 staff members and 400 million users around the world and revenue of US$5.53 billion in 2023. The firm is seeking opportunities to invest in Viet Nam./.
