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Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council (USABC) delegation at the Government Headquarters on March 22. The attendees were leaders of the Government Office and the ministries of Planning and Investment, Industry and Trade, Foreign Affairs, Finance, Transport, Information and Communication, Health, Agriculture and Rural Development, Culture - Sports and Tourism. Also in attendance were the State Bank of Vietnam, the U.S.-ASEAN Business Council President and CEO Ted Osius, the U.S. Ambassador in Vietnam Marc E. Knapper. The leaders of more than 50 leading enterprises in the U.S. and the world were there too, including AES, Netflix, Boeing, Apple, Coca-Cola, Pfizer, Abbott, Visa, Citibank, Meta, Ford, and FedEx Express. The Prime Minister welcomed the USABC and the U.S. business delegation to Vietnam, and the delegation members joined a frank, sincere and effective working session with Vietnamese agencies. This is a continuation of previous … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Prime Minister receives delegation of the US-ASEAN Business Council

Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi (Photo: AFP/VNA) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has announced three main pillars of this year’s ASEAN Summit , themed “ASEAN Matters: Epicentrum of Growth.” Speaking at an event on March 19, the minister said the first is maintaining the ten-member group’s centrality, making it a driver to promote peace and stability. Regarding the second - the epicentrum of growth, the official pointed to ASEAN’s advantages in demography, high economic growth, and regional peace and stability. The third lies with Indo-Pacific, she said, noting that the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP) should be translated into specific economic cooperation activities. In that spirit, during Indonesia ’s ASEAN Chairmanship 2023, the Indonesian Foreign Ministry will coordinate with the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KADIN) and relevant ministries and agencies in organising the ASEAN-Indo-Pacific Forum … [Read more...] about Indonesia announces pillars of ASEAN Summit 2023

Some tourists tried to climb a hill on Padar Island, West Manggarai, East Nusa Tenggara Province, which is part the Komodo National Park. (Photo: antaranews.com) Jakarta (VNA) – The 42nd ASEAN Summit, slated to take place in mid-May in Indonesia’s Labuan Bajo, East Nusa Tenggara province this year, is expected to help the country attract 1.1 million international visitors to the tourism site, home to the Komodo Dragon National Park. Indonesia ’s Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno said this goal is in line with the development of infrastructure in Labuan Bajo, including the Bajo-Golo Mori route that was just inaugurated on March 14. However, Sandiaga said that Labuan Bajo needs more new destinations to attract international visitors through the upcoming 42nd ASEAN Summit because Indonesia allows only 200,000 international visitors to visit Komodo Dragon National Park each year to maintain the environmental sustainability of the region. Sandiaga also said … [Read more...] about Indonesia aims to attract 1.1 million visitors during 42nd ASEAN Summit

Expressing his delight at the high startup spirit and aspirations of students, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that startup and innovation is an important resource for each country, especially during the era of globalization, international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He highlighted the Party and State's great attention and efforts to encourage and support startup and innovation activities, which have helped spread the startup campaign across the nation and among people from all walks of life, especially the youth. He noted that after nearly five years of implementation, the project to support pupils and students' startups until 2025 has attracted nearly 2,600 startup projects and more than 4,000 startup ideas and projects in the field of vocational training. To date, the country has attracted more than 60 adventure funds, while over 3,000 startups have been launched successfully, and nearly 100 universities have included startup into their curricula. At … [Read more...] about Prime Minister attends national startup festival for students

He made the request during a working session with the standing board of the provincial Party Committee on March 25, as part of his working trip to the province to attend the fifth National Start-up Festival for students. In the immediate future, he required the locality to pay attention to infrastructure planning and development, considering it a key and priority political task. The province should urgently complete the provincial planning for the 2021-2030 period with a vision to 2050; develop transport infrastructure to ensure smooth provincial, inter-provincial, inter-regional and international connectivity, as well as digital transformation infrastructure while promptly and effectively embarking on a project to build Thua Thien Hue into a centrally-run city. The locality must accelerate economic restructuring in the direction of prioritising resources for green, digital and circular economy, he said. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh stressed that the province needs to pool all … [Read more...] about Thua Thien Hue must strive to become major cultural, tourism hub: Prime Minister

Reviewing the country’s socio-economic recovery and development achievements in 2022, the PM said the macro economy remained stable, major economic balances were ensured, and notably the domestic investment and business environment was improved significantly. During the post-COVID-19 period, the foreign investment disbursement went up 13.5% as compared with 2021, which reflected Vietnam’s attractiveness in the regional and global investment maps, he said. Pham Minh Chinh stressed that the Vietnamese Party and State advocate green growth in order to ensure rapid, effective and sustainable economic development, contributing to implementing the 2021-2030 socio-economic development strategy. However, green growth needs a suitable roadmap, with conditions and capacity of each region, locality and business taken into consideration, he noted, encouraging the engagement of all, particularly businesses and people, in this regard. The Government will work to consolidate institutions, … [Read more...] about Prime Minister pledges to further support enterprises at Vietnam Business Forum 2023

Participants at the meeting (Source: asean.org) Jakarta (VNA) – Sports officials from ASEAN member countries, representatives from the ASEAN Football Federation (AFF) and other football associations in the region gathered virtually in the first Technical Working Group Meeting for the Preparation of ASEAN’s Joint Bid for the FIFA World Cup 2034 (1st TWG-FWC Meeting) that took place on March 22. The meeting was chaired by Dr Niwat Limsuknirun, Director General of Physical Education of Ministry of Tourism and Sports of Thailand and Chairperson of the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports. Under Thailand’s leadership, members of the TWG-FWC discussed the process of submission of the joint bid in 2026 including the general requirements, timeline, and the role each member state will take for the FIFA World Cup 2034 . ASEAN’s bid for possible hosting of the FIFA World Cup was first mooted by the ASEAN foreign Ministers at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting Retreat and … [Read more...] about ASEAN’s bid for FIFA World Cup 2034 hosting discussed

At the talks (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son held talks with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn in Hanoi on March 21. Prak Sokhonn arrived in Vietnam earlier the same day to co-chair the 20th meeting of the Vietnam-Cambodia Joint Commission on Economic, Cultural, and Scientific-Technological Cooperation from March 21-22. Son congratulated Cambodia on its outstanding achievements in internal and external affairs over the past years, including the successful organisation of commune/ward council elections for the fifth tenure in June 2022 and assumption of the Chairmanship of ASEAN and ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) last year. Lauding Vietnam for supporting Cambodia in its role as the ASEAN Chair 2022, the Cambodian Deputy PM vowed to constantly strengthen good neighbourliness, traditional friendship, comprehensive, sustainable and long-term … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Cambodian foreign ministers hold talks

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the fifth National Startup Festival for students (Photo: VNA) Thua Thien-Hue (VNA) - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening of the fifth National Startup Festival for students in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue's Hue city on March 25. Expressing his delight at the high startup spirit and aspirations of students, PM Chinh said that startup and innovation is an important resource for each country, especially during the era of globalisation, international integration and the Fourth Industrial Revolution . He highlighted the Party and State's great attention and efforts to encourage and support startup and innovation activities, which have helped spread the startup campaign across the nation and among people from all walks of life, especially the youth. He noted that after nearly five years of implementation, the project to support pupils and students' startups until 2025 has attracted nearly 2,600 startup projects and … [Read more...] about PM attends national startup festival for students

Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio has revealed his intention to invite the leaders of Vietnam and six other countries to the 49th G7 Summit 2023, hosted by Japan in May. Kishida announced the plan to the media on Monday during his visit to India where he officially invited Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to this year’s annual G7 Summit, who accepted the invitation, according to Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun daily newspaper. Japan expects to invite Vietnam, Australia, Brazil, the Comoros, the Cook Islands, Indonesia, and South Korea to the summit, in addition to India. The upcoming summit is scheduled to take place in Hiroshima Prefecture on May 19-21. The Group of Seven (G7) nations consist of the U.S., the UK, Germany, France, Canada, Italy, and Japan. PM Kishida did not give explanations about his wishes to include India and seven other non-G7 nations in the summit, but it is easy to see that all of them are Japan’s important or potential partners. Currently, … [Read more...] about Japan’s premier Kishida wishes to invite Vietnam to G7 Summit