Davos (VNA) – ASEAN is considered as one of most dynamic regions in the world with bright prospect of emerging economies, said Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai at the plenary session of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 25.
The two WEF plenary sessions focused on “discovery of emerging markets” and “the East Asian community and the role of ASEAN”.
Participants were interested in prospective emerging economies in the near future, their contributions to the world economy and the impacts of the current economic mayhem on these countries’ economic development.
Deputy PM Hai said that dynamic economic centres have shifted from developed countries to emerging markets in Asia, Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America .
The concurrent emergence of a number of major economies like China , India , Russia and Brazil make a certain adjustment to the global economic balance.
Participants shared with Viet Nam the same view that basic factors to promote economic development and ensure the long-term and sustainable development of a country, are political stability, a dynamic and appropriate population structure, the level of people’s knowledge and the quality of education and training as well as a humane development strategy.
According to Deputy PM Hoang Trung Hai, in order to gain success, Viet Nam has much to be done, including developing infrastructure, training high-quality human resources and speeding up the renovation of the business system and the State administrative apparatus.
Viet Nam is trying to tackle shortcomings and tap the country’s strengths to become a bright point in the region, said the Deputy PM.
Earlier, Deputy PM Hai met with WEF President Klaus Schwab. The Deputy PM extended his thanks to the organising board of the WEF in general and the President in particular for supporting activities of the Vietnamese delegation to the WEF.
Deputy PM Hai affirmed that Viet Nam is willing to cooperate with the WEF to successfully organise the East Asian WEF Meeting in 2009 as well as other activities of the WEF in the region and in Davos.
For his part, President Schwab spoke highly of the economic development of Viet Nam and encouraged the Southeast Asian country to actively take part in activities of WEF.
He expressed his deep sentiment to the land and people of Viet Nam and said he hoped to have an opportunity to come back the country.-Enditem
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