Deputy Prime Minister attends WEF's Sustainable Development Impact Meeting

The event took place on the occasion of the high-level week of the 77th United Nations General Assembly.
Phó Thủ tướng Thường trực Chính phủ Phạm Bình Minh đã tham dự và phát biểu tại Hội nghị về Tác động của phát triển bền vững (SDI) do WEF tổ chức nhân dịp Tuần lễ cấp cao Đại hội đồng Liên Hợp Quốc khoá 77 (Ảnh: VGP)
Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh speaks at the meeting. (Photo: VGP)

Permanent Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh shared Vietnam’s experience in economic development towards social justice while attending a Sustainable Development Impact Meeting held by the World Economic Forum in New York on September 23.

The event took place on the occasion of the high-level week of the 77th United Nations General Assembly.

Addressing a discussion on promoting inclusive trade, Minh emphasised the message that international trade does not only serve the goal of pure economic growth but also needs to ensure the environmental sustainability and inclusive benefits for all.

To share trade benefits fairly, the Vietnamese representative proposed several priorities to promote inclusive trade through public-private cooperation, in which the people and businesses play central roles.

It is necessary to develop an overall, reciprocal and cohesive trade policy between green, digital and inclusive trade, and continue promoting the indispensable role of the rules-based, free, fair, transparent and inclusive multilateral trading system, he noted.

Hội nghị SDI là sự kiện thường niên với mục tiêu kết nối chương trình nghị sự của WEF và Liên Hợp Quốc, thúc đẩy hợp tác công–tư trong thực hiện các Mục tiêu Phát triển bền vững (SDGs) (Ảnh: VGP)
At the Sustainable Development Impact Meeting. (Photo: VGP)

From the perspective of an economy that has joined 15 bilateral and multilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), including new-generation deals with high standards on labour and the environment, Minh affirmed that the important lesson that Vietnam has drawn is not to sacrifice social progress and justice, and the environment to pursue pure economic growth.

Many delegates attending the event also shared Vietnam's development views and appreciated Minh's proposals in promoting inclusive trade.

WEF Managing Director Mirek Dusek assessed that Vietnam is an important part of the world trade as well as the global supply chain.

He said Vietnam has not only gained great achievements in hunger eradication and poverty reduction but also has been making many positive contributions in the field of environmental protection and climate change response, becoming a model for other nations to follow.

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(Source: VNA)