Prime Minister meets with leaders of Panama, Lithuania on sidelines of WEF meeting

At the meeting with Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino Quintero, Pham affirmed that Viet Nam highly values Panama's role and position in Central America and Latin America.

Based on its experience in agriculture and rice production, Viet Nam is willing to share its knowledge and support Panama in food production, particularly rice cultivation.

Pham promised that Viet Nam will create favorable conditions for Panamanian enterprises to invest in the Southeast Asian country.

Viet Nam plays an important role for Panama, noted President Quintero, highlighting the need for the two countries to foster collaboration, particularly in such areas as trade and services.

Both leaders pledged to increase delegation exchanges, particularly at the high level, enhance trade and investment cooperation, and expand collaboration to new fields such as infrastructure, electric vehicles, pharmaceuticals, tourism development, and people-to-people exchanges.

Meeting with his Lithuanian counterpart Gintautas Paluckas, Prime Minister Pham reassured that Viet Nam treasures ties with the countries it has traditional friendship with, including Lithuania, and expects to elevate bilateral relations to a new height.

Paluckas, for his part, affirmed that his country attaches importance to the increasingly reinforced cooperation with Viet Nam.

He urged both sides to bolster economic, trade, and energy collaboration while expanding cooperation in potential spheres such as renewable energy and liquefied gas.

Lithuania stands ready to assist Viet Nam in energy transition and energy infrastructure development, said Paluckas.

The two leaders vowed to enhance the exchange of high-level visits, and work together to effectively implement existing cooperation mechanisms between the two foreign ministries.

The same day, Prime Minister Pham met with Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Daren Tang, during which he hailed the WIPO's issuance of the Global Innovation Index (GII) for 2024.

Viet Nam will pour more investment in innovation, science and technology, and digital transformation, he said, expressing his hope that WIPO will accompany and support Viet Nam to continue to improve its ranking on the GII.

Pham took the occasion to express thanks for the assistance of the WIPO and Tang for the country, especially in building and implementing the provincial innovation index.

For his part, Tang congratulated Viet Nam on being in the top 50 countries with the highest innovation index and spoke highly of the country's achievements in innovation and economic development./.