Deputy PM sanguine about development (28-01-2008) HA NOI — Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai expressed his strong belief that Viet Nam would become an industrialised country in the next ten years at the World Economic Forum 2008 in Davos, Switzerland. Hai applauded Viet Nam's competitive advantages: its developing and stable economy, favourable and open policies for foreign investment and young, dynamic work force. Hai said the country would foster regional integration and unity to help establish an ASEAN Economy Community by 2015, followed by the establishment of an East Asian Community. He said the nation would work hard to complete Free Trade Area agreements between ASEAN countries and Japan, China, South Korea and India and would continue its efforts to maintain a Gross Domestic Product at 8 per cent until 2017. At the forum, he held talks with Swiss Economic Minister Doris Leauthard. Swiss projects operating in Viet Nam were of substantial help to poverty eradication, to … [Read more...] about Deputy PM sanguine about development
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Deputy PM calls for free-trade strategy
Deputy PM calls for free-trade strategy (06-11-2009) HCM CITY — Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem has called on the National Committee for International Economic Co-operation to finalise negotiation strategies for free trade agreements over the next decade. Khiem, who is also the Minister of Foreign Affairs, was speaking at a conference in Ha Noi on Monday where the committee reviewed Viet Nam's international economic co-operation in the first nine months. The committee, its secretary general Nguyen Cam Tu reported, focused on the role of the media in providing information about international co-operation. It would research and comment on the outcome of the international economic integration since Viet Nam joined the WTO two years ago. It has drafted a plan to negotiate with countries that see Viet Nam as a market economy. Viet Nam has participated in and promoted the signing of bilateral and multilateral agreements at forums like ASEAN, ASEM, APEC in the first nine months. … [Read more...] about Deputy PM calls for free-trade strategy
Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm visits India
VNGOVNet - At the invitation of Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, Deputy PM, Foreign Minister Phạm Gia Khiêm paid an official visit to India on February 26-28 during which he also co-presided over the 13th meeting of the Vietnam-India Joint-committee. Within his visit, Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm had a meeting with Indian PM Manmohan Singh; had talks with the hosting Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee; and met leaders of the Communist Party of India (CPI), the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI-M) and the Indian People's Party (BJP). In these meetings and talks, Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm affirmed that Vietnam always wishes to enhance and develop the bilateral friendship and multifaceted cooperation for the sake of mutual interests, peace, stability and cooperation in Asia and in the world. India's leaders also stressed that India attaches great importance to its traditional and cooperative relationship with Vietnam which is considered a key partner in India's "Look East" … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Phạm Gia Khiêm visits India
Strategic Partners Needed to Give VN Firms the Edge: Deputy PM
Viet Nam seeks strategic partnerships between well-established investors and Vietnamese corporations and state-owned enterprises in order to boost their competitiveness, says Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Sinh Hung. Speaking at the 2nd Viet Nam Economic Forum themed "Sustaining the Growth", Mr. Hung said he believed the country would achieve macroeconomic stability within this year, and regain its rapid and sustainable growth soon. The two-day forum, which opened on Friday, was organized by the Ministry of Planning and Investment in co-ordination with the Viet Nam News Agency and the Asia News Network. More than 500 delegates at the event focused on solutions needed for Vietnam to overcome the difficulties caused by the global financial crisis and maintain its long-term development objectives. "Proper solutions adopted by the Vietnamese government have started bringing results," the Deputy PM said. In response to concerns raised by the President of the European … [Read more...] about Strategic Partners Needed to Give VN Firms the Edge: Deputy PM
Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem visits Japan
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem began an official visit to Japan on May 22, at the invitation of Foreign Minister Aso Taro. The visit takes place at a time of stable and dynamic economic development in the Asia-Pacific region. Bilateral relations have entered a new arena of development towards a strong strategic partnership. In particular, during the previous high-level visits exchanged between Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and Japanese PM Shinzo Abe in late 2006, the two sides reached important economic, trade and investment agreements. Deputy PM Khiem’s visit to Japan shows the Vietnamese Government’s strong determination to implement the above agreements. On the occasion, Atsumi Chihiro, Director General of Southeast and Southwest Asian Affairs Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said that currently, relations between Vietnam and Japan are developing comprehensively in all fields. Deputy PM Khiem’s visit to Japan will help to boost friendship … [Read more...] about Deputy PM Pham Gia Khiem visits Japan