Prime Minister leaves for WEF meeting in China

The visit is made at the invitation of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab.

The Vietnamese Government chief is accompanied by Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Transport Nguyen Van Thang, Minister Information and Communications Nguyen Manh Hung, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Le Minh Hoan, and Governor of the State Bank of Viet Nam Nguyen Thi Hong among others.

Under the motto: “Next Frontiers for Growth,” the meeting will bring together 1,600 delegates from nearly 80 countries and regions.

Prime Minister Pham is among the few government heads who have been invited by the WEF and host China to attend the event for two consecutive years.

The participation represents Viet Nam’s position and role in and contributions to global economic growth, as well as its development vision for the future economy.

The meeting also offers an opportunity for the Southeast Asian nation to promote its achievements in developing and stabilizing the macro-economy, and its development priorities and orientations.

During the visit in China, Prime Minister Pham and his entourage are scheduled to engage in bilateral activities with China to maintain high-level strategic exchanges, strengthen political trust, materialize the high-level common perceptions and the two joint statements reached during the recent visits by the two Party leaders.

They are expected to spur cooperation in such areas as cross-border railway connection, border economic cooperation, exports via the official channel, high-quality investment attraction, sustainable tourism, and high-quality personnel training./.