On the side of the ASEAN - U.S. Special Summit, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) attended the US - Vietnam Trade, Investment and Tourism Promotion Conference, and the Prime Minister's meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the US.
Overview of the US - Vietnam Trade, Investment and Tourism Promotion Conference.
In the afternoon of May 17, 2022, in San Francisco, the US - Vietnam Trade, Investment and Tourism Promotion Conference was held with the theme of “Rediscovering Vietnam”, with the aim to introduce the country and people of Vietnam to the US friends, as well as to promote bilateral trade and investment among the companies of the two countries.
Speaking at the Conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that the economic, investment, trade and tourism cooperation is an important pillar in the US - Vietnam relationship. The Prime Minister hoped that American investors would continue to join with Vietnam to promote the cooperation activities, including tourism activities, based on the spirit of harmonious benefits, risk sharing, ‘sincerity, trust, and mutual responsibility’.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh meets overseas Vietnamese in the US.
In the evening of the same day, at the end of her working visit in the US, SBV Governor Nguyen Thi Hong attended the Prime Minister's meeting with representatives of the Vietnamese community in the US.
Analyzing the situations around the world and in Vietnam, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh reviewed a series of global issues such as the pandemic, the conflicts, the strategic competitions, climate change, resource depletion, cyber security, aging population, the negative impacts of the Fourth Industrial Revolution (IR4.0), etc. In that context, the Prime Minister emphasized the need to have an appropriate and breakthrough mindset to generate new resources.
The Prime Minister highly appreciated the contributions of the overseas Vietnamese in general and the Vietnamese community in the US in particular to the overall achievements of the country and the promotion of the US - Vietnam relations. The Prime Minister specially acknowledged the increasing contributions of overseas Vietnamese business community to the economic growth in Vietnam, and the enhancement of foreign investment in the Vietnamese market.
The Prime Minister and the overseas Vietnamese at the meeting.
The Prime Minister reaffirmed that the Party and the State always consider the overseas Vietnamese as an important and integral part, a driving force for the country's development. It is necessary to make the best use of the capabilities, qualifications and intelligence of the Vietnamese people for the construction and development of the country, regardless of whether they are living in or out of Vietnam. The Prime Minister wished the overseas Vietnamese to be always healthy, and to have a good life, employment and study overseas, and to have prospering businesses. He further hoped that the overseas Vietnamese would always be proud of, and put their best efforts to preserve, promote and develop, the cultural identity of the Vietnamese people, and always look to their home country. The Prime Minister asked the Vietnamese diplomatic missions to further take care of the material and spiritual life of the overseas Vietnamese, and informed that at all of his meetings with the leaders of other countries, the Prime Minister had always requested them to pay attention to and create all favorable conditions for the Vietnamese community to live, study and work stably overseas.
This was the last working agenda of the Prime Minister, Governor Nguyen Thi Hong and the Vietnamese official delegation in the United States, successfully ending the working visit to attend the US - ASEAN Special Summit, and the official visit to the US and the United Nations between May 11 to 17, 2022.
LK