Chinese expert: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh contributed to the success of WEF Tianjin in many aspects

Vietnam-China relations are at their best with solid political trust, strong economic and trade cooperation and increasingly deep strategic ties.

The Chinese Embassy's Charge d'Affaires saw Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh off to attend the 16th WEF Tianjin Conference and work in China. (Source: VGP)

Ahead of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's working trip to attend the 16th annual Pioneers Meeting of the World Economic Forum held in Tianjin (WEF 16 Tianjin) and work in China (June 24-27), Associate Professor Ma Jie, working at the Institute of Southern Hemisphere Studies at Tianjin University (China) shared with the Vietnamese press about the significance of the event and the prospects for cooperation between the two countries.

According to the Associate Professor, China-Vietnam relations are at their best ever with solid political trust, strong economic and trade cooperation and increasingly deep strategic ties.

Associate Professor Ma Jie affirmed that during the visit to Vietnam in April this year by General Secretary and President of China Xi Jinping, the two sides signed 45 cooperation documents to promote the building of a China-Vietnam Community of Shared Future, which has strategic significance with the goal of "6 more".

In 2024, bilateral trade between the two countries will exceed 260.65 billion USD. In the first quarter of this year, this figure increased by 9.3% compared to the same period last year. International rail and train transportation have significantly reduced logistics costs; while the connectivity strategy of the “Belt and Road” Initiative and the “Two Corridors, One Belt” Framework has achieved many outstanding results.

Regarding the prospects for cooperation in the coming time, Associate Professor Ma Jie said that the two sides can strengthen cooperation in emerging areas such as digital economy, technological innovation and agricultural modernization, and consider this WEF as an opportunity to jointly promote regional economic integration and global governance.

The two sides have continuously expanded the scale of educational and cultural exchanges and consolidated the foundation of public opinion so that the traditional friendship and strategic cooperation between China and Vietnam create stronger momentum for peace, stability and common development of the region in the new era.

Assessing the fact that the two countries' senior leaders regularly exchange and contact to promote the continuous development of China-Vietnam relations in all fields, Associate Professor Ma Jie said that during President Xi Jinping's recent visit to Vietnam, the two sides clearly identified the building of a China-Vietnam Community of Shared Future as a strategic goal, providing the highest-level direction for cooperation in many fields.

Frequent high-level visits between China and Vietnam have laid a solid strategic foundation for the two countries' comprehensive cooperation. Through enhancing mutual political trust and guiding the direction of cooperation, the two sides have promoted substantive cooperation in the fields of economy, trade, investment and infrastructure construction, and built a broad platform for exchanges in the fields of culture and education.

According to Mr. Ma Kiet, in 1954, 14 Vietnamese students enrolled at Tianjin University, marking the beginning of Tianjin University's international education program.

At present, Tianjin University has established China's first Institute for Southern Hemisphere Studies. In the future, the university hopes to deepen cooperation with Vietnamese universities and research institutes, jointly focus on development issues in the Southern Hemisphere, strengthen cooperation in academic research, talent training, policy discussion and other areas, jointly explore new paths for the cooperative development of the Southern Hemisphere, and help enhance the voice and influence of the Southern Hemisphere in international affairs.

Assessing Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's participation in the WEF Tianjin in China for the third consecutive year as well as Vietnam's contributions to this forum, Associate Professor Ma Kiet affirmed that as a rapidly developing economy in ASEAN, the Vietnamese Prime Minister shared Vietnam's practical experience and green economic proposals in facilitating trade and attracting foreign investment within the framework of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), providing new ideas for building economic and trade strategies and sustainable development issues.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh deeply analyzed the challenges of recession, inflation and other challenges that the global economy is facing, helping to grasp the economic situation; actively supported public-private cooperation, promoted global cooperation consensus; relied on Vietnam's economic advantages to attract global companies to participate, put business resources and cooperation opportunities on the agenda of the Annual Meeting, thereby making important contributions to the success of the Meeting in many aspects...

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