Politburo member and head of the Party Central Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh (first, right) at a dialogue of the 23rd St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (Photo: VNA) Moscow (VNA) – Politburo member and head of the PartyCentral Committee’s Economic Commission Nguyen Van Binh joined other countries’senior officials in discussing major international economic issues at a forumopened in St. Petersburg city, Russia, on June 6.
At the opening session of the 23rd St.Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF), the Vietnamese officialdelivered a speech on sustainable development and international trade.
He also took part in a high-level dialogue whichgathered United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres, Chairman of theBoard of the Eurasian Economic Commission Tigran Sargsyan, Moldovan PresidentIgor Dodon, First Deputy Prime Minister of Russia Anton Siluanov and DeputyPrime Minister of Mongolia Ulziisaikhan Enkhtuvshin.
Replying to a question about the results ofVietnam’s poverty reduction and realisation of the Sustainable DevelopmentGoals, Binh emphasised that poverty elimination is a top priority of theVietnamese Party and State during the implementation of the UN Agenda forSustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals.
After 30 years of reforms, the country has madegreat strides in socio-economic development, bringing the household povertyrate down to 5 percent, compared to over 60 percent in the late 1980s, andbecoming a middle-income country in 2008, he noted.
Talking about the US-China trade friction, Binhanalysed impacts of trade tensions among countries and the protectionism trendon the Vietnamese economy in short and long terms.
He also called on the whole global community tocoordinate in solving such tensions so as to sustain trade liberalisation,integration and globalisation in the future.
Apart from the opening session, the Vietnamesedelegation participated in a session themed “Strategy for the Future of theEurasian Economic Union”.
On the SPIEF’s sidelines, the delegation hadmeetings with Adviser to the Russian President and head of the forum’sorganising board Anton Kobyakov, along with executives of Russia’s Zarubezhneftand Gazprom groups.
The SPIEF, first held in 1997, has become aleading regional and international forum for discussing trends, challenges andprospects of the world’s economic development. It is also a platform for globalenterprises to meet and seek investment and business chances.
Themed “Creating a SustainableDevelopment Agenda”, the 23rd forum from June 6 to 8 features more than170 activities, drawing over 17,000 delegates from around the world.-VNA
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