PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (second from right) and WEF Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab witness the signing of an agreement between the Viet Nam and the WEF on building a center for the Fourth Industrial Revolution Both sides also signed a Letter of Intent on developing initiatives for plastic waste treatment. The same day, he had a series of bilateral meetings with the world's leaders and attended a high-level dialogue. Meeting with Dutch Queen Maxima, who is the UN Secretary General’s Special Advocate for Inclusive Finance for Development, PM Phuc affirmed that Viet Nam is focusing on building a national strategy on inclusive finance, which serves as an important foundation for the country to realise the UN’s inclusive finance goals in particular, and socio-economic and sustainable development targets as a whole. He took the occasion to invite the Dutch King and Queen to visit Viet Nam. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) meets with Chief Executive of … [Read more...] about PM busy on sidelines of World Economic Forum Annual Meeting
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Donald Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland
US President Donald Trump (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)"The President will attend, as he did last year," White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee Sanders told reporters. This will mark the second year President Trump will attend Davos. Trump and roughly a dozen other White House officials will head to Switzerland for the conference, which will bring together powerful political and business leaders from January 22nd-25th. The US delegation will be led by Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Labor Secretary Alex Acosta, Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao, Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen, Small Business Administrator Linda McMahon and U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. The meeting will bring together over 3,000 participants from government, international organizations, business, civil society, media, culture, as well as the foremost experts and young people from all over the world. The theme for the … [Read more...] about Donald Trump to attend World Economic Forum in Switzerland
Int’l economic forum to be held in HCM City
HCM City (VNS/VNA) - The International Economic Integration Forum, themed “Creating favourable trade conditions and increasing enterprises’ competitive ability,” will open in HCM city on November 8. It will provide a forum for State officials, experts and business executives to exchange ideas on the prospects of free trade agreements, renovation of institutions to create favourable trading conditions in Vietnam and ways to improve the business environment in HCM City and Vietnam. The forum is expected to provide information to city enterprises, increase their market access capability and promote the process of creating favourable trading conditions for them. It is expected to attract 300 delegates, including city leaders, officials from ministries and departments, international organisations, business groups, universities, research institutions, and the media from HCM City and neighbouring provinces. Its organisers, the HCM City Institute for Development Studies, … [Read more...] about Int’l economic forum to be held in HCM City
PM Phuc attends IMF-WB annual meetings in Bali
-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joins the leaders of other ASEAN member states at the opening ceremony of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Group. The event brought together finance ministers and central bank governors of 189 member countries of IMF and WB, leaders of international organisations, representatives of enterprises and social organisations, and researchers across the globe. Themed “Harnessing disruption to shape inclusive economies of the future”, the annual meetings discussed emerging issues in the global economy, including the impact of trade wars on international and regional economic growth prospects, financial and monetary policy coordination, the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on economic growth, financial stability, employment, and social equality and progress. At the event, the IMF released the World Economic Outlook Update, forecasting a global economic growth rate of 3.7% in 2018 and 2019 due … [Read more...] about PM Phuc attends IMF-WB annual meetings in Bali
PM Phuc attends IMF-WB annual meeting in Bali
-Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc joins the leaders of other ASEAN member states at the opening ceremony of the annual meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)-World Bank (WB) Group. The event brought together finance ministers and central bank governors of 189 member countries of IMF and WB, leaders of international organisations, representatives of enterprises and social organisations, and researchers across the globe. Themed “Harnessing disruption to shape inclusive economies of the future”, the annual meetings discussed emerging issues in the global economy, including the impact of trade wars on international and regional economic growth prospects, financial and monetary policy coordination, the impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on economic growth, financial stability, employment, and social equality and progress. At the event, the IMF released the World Economic Outlook Update, forecasting a global economic growth rate of 3.7% in 2018 and 2019 due … [Read more...] about PM Phuc attends IMF-WB annual meeting in Bali