PM receives Fulbright University Vietnam Board of Trustees leader
VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on July 17 received Professor Thomas Vallely, chairman of the Fulbright University Vietnam Board of Trustees and University experts.
Chinh appreciated Vallely’s important role, especially in the fields of education and policy dialogue, contributing to effective economic management and strengthening Vietnam - United States relations.
He briefed his guest on Vietnam’s development orientations and said the country is transforming its economic growth model, relying on science-technology and innovation and taking advantage of the achievements of the fourth industrial revolution.
The country is promoting three strategic breakthroughs, namely institutions, human resources and infrastructure, including transportation infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and digital infrastructure.
Vietnam is also renewing traditional growth drivers of investment, consumption, and export, and at the same time strongly promoting new growth drivers such as digital transformation, green transformation, green economy, and circular economy, knowledge economy and high value-added fields such as semiconductor chips, artificial intelligence.
The Prime Minister proposed that Prof. Vallely and experts continue supporting Vietnam in policy advice, technology transfer, human resource training, and experience sharing in smart management.
He said he has assigned relevant ministries, agencies and Ho Chi Minh City where Fulbright University Vietnam is located to flexibly apply policies and create favourable conditions for partners and investors in general and the University in particular to operate efficiently in compliance with the law.
Prof. Vallely and Fulbright University experts spoke highly of Vietnam’s socio-economic development gains, as well as the government’s sound performance, amid global uncertainties.
They highly appreciated Vietnam’s development potential, especially in the fields of digital infrastructure, energy infrastructure, and cloud computing, and affirmed that they would continue to support and cooperate closely for the country’s sustainable development.
