Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha on Tuesday joined leaders of global enterprises in a discussion, and met with senior foreign officials as part of his activities at the 53rd World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland.

The discussion with leaders of global enterprises was an event WEF held specifically for Vietnam at this year’s meeting. It attracted about 20 executives of WEF member businesses operating in such fields as energy, green technology, and finance – banking.

Opening the event, Ha underlined Vietnam’s development viewpoint that people are the centre, key player, goal, and momentum of sustainable development; the country will not pursue pure economic growth at the expense of social equality, progress or the environment; and it stays steadfast in implementing the strategic breakthroughs in infrastructure, regulations, and human resources.

He called on global business leaders to enhance cooperation with Vietnam to help the country create and maintain a stable macro-environment for development while actively and flexibly adapting to unpredictable changes, stabilise the macro-economy, and improve the economy’s resilience; build an independent and self-reliant economy with extensive, effective, and practical integration into the world; and increase the optimisation of new growth drivers, maximise domestic and international financial and technological resources through climate agreements, carry out green transition, shift to a circular and low-carbon economy with digital transformation, strongly develop science – technology and innovation, and build an innovation and startup ecosystem.

At a meeting with WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab, Ha expressed his hope that WEF will continue bringing into play its pioneering role in promoting public-private partnership, shaping new cooperation ideas and models, and assisting developing countries, including Vietnam.

Ha asked WEF to cooperate with Vietnam during the building of a green, circular, and low-carbon economy via the National Innovation Centre.

Schwab praised Vietnam as a bright spot in economic recovery and growth amid global economic crisis.

Source: VOV5