Vietnam shapes its position as a global digital technology and clean energy center

On October 28, in Ho Chi Minh City, within the framework of the 2026 Autumn Economic Forum, after the high-level plenary session, Politburo Member, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung had a dialogue with Mr. Stephan Mergenthaler, Managing Director of the World Economic Forum (WEF) on the topic "Positioning Vietnam in the global future".

Towards the next decade with a vision to 2035, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung shared about the position that Vietnam wants to shape in the new global economic architecture.

Vietnam wishes to gradually shape its position as a new emerging digital technology industrial center, new energy center, green energy, clean energy and green agricultural production center of the region and the world.

At the same time, Vietnam aims to become an important and reliable link in supply chains and regional and global value chains, new growth poles; making increasingly greater contributions to regional and world growth through institutions, modern governance, competitiveness and high-quality human resources. All Vietnam is doing is for the future development of Vietnam and the responsibility to contribute to regional and world growth.

To achieve this goal, Vietnam possesses special advantages in terms of geostrategic position, political and macroeconomic stability, growth rate among the highest in Asia, and a population of over 100 million people with young, abundant human resources, rapid adaptability and abundant resources for the development of renewable energy and green economy.

Clearly stating his views on maintaining strategic autonomy and multilateralized and diversification foreign policy in the context of increasingly fierce competition between superpowers, the Prime Minister affirmed that Vietnam is consistently an independent and self-reliant foreign policy, a friend, a reliable partner and a responsible member of the international community. Strategic autonomy is to consolidate internal strength to maintain self-determination and choose cooperation methods suitable to national interests, while respecting the legitimate interests of partners on the basis of international law.

Closing the dialogue session, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung sent a message that Vietnam is not only an investment destination, but also a long-term development partner; not only wishing to receive capital and technology but also wishing to cooperate with partners to develop together, creating a common future for peace, stability, prosperity and sustainability.

The Prime Minister called on global corporations to shift their orientation from "investing in Vietnam" to "investing with Vietnam", strengthening links with domestic businesses, research institutes and universities to jointly develop technology, train human resources and build a sustainable supply network. Vietnam is committed to maintaining high growth momentum on a stable macroeconomic foundation, protecting the legitimate rights of investors, promptly removing institutional obstacles and accompanying the long-term success of the international business community.

At the end of the dialogue session, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and WEF announced cooperation towards strengthening connectivity, promoting cooperation initiatives, mobilizing resources, serving the goal of sustainable double-digit development for the City, contributing to the goal of making Vietnam a trillion-dollar economy, focusing capital, attracting foreign investment, R&D technology.

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