WEF on East Asia 2010 opens in HCM City
VGP - The World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia 2010 opened this morning in Hồ Chí Minh City with the participation of 450 delegates, including many national leaders, government and corporate officials, and scholars around the world.
Delivering the opening speech, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng stated
that the forum’s theme “Raising the Leadership Role of Asia” is very
suitable to the current context of the region. East Asian economies have coped
with the global crisis fairly effectively, and are recovering at the fastest
pace, and functioning as the driving force for the world economy’s growth, he
said.
PM Nguyễn
Tấn Dũng is making the opening speech to the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East
Asia 2010, Hồ Chí Minh City, June 6, 2010 – Photo: VGP/Nhật Bắc
Amid
the crisis, regional cooperation in
Three big questions for
Stating
that East Asian economies should reconsider their targets and priorities for
the post-crisis period, PM Nguyễn Tấn Dũng raised three big questions for them
to answer in order to further develop and play a bigger global role.
First,
at national scale, what adjustments should be made for the current development
model to maintain rapid and sustainable economic growth?
Second,
at regional scale, how regional linkages should be enhanced to effectively
support economic development and lay the foundation for
Third,
at global scale, what role and responsibility
To
play a more important role in the global economic and political system, each
member of the East Asian community should enhance their leadership and act
timely and smartly, first of all at national and regional levels, said PM Dũng.
“We have made important progresses, but the road ahead is
still long and with a lot of difficulties and challenges which require new
approaches, creativeness and breakthroughs in thinking,” the Vietnamese PM
said. He stressed that, as the host country of the event, Việt
The
WEF on East Asia 2010 has four key topics for discussions: the leadership of
