The banquet, held in Ho Chi Minh City on June 6, was attended by Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen, Lao PM, Bouasone Bouphavanh, Myanmar PM Thein Sein, and the host PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Vice Chairwoman of the Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Zhizhen and WEF President Klaus Schwab.

Vietnam is determined to integrate into the world’s economy and will do its best to develop itself, contributing to the development of East Asia and Asia, Mr Triet said.

Like other regional countries, Vietnam always pays due attention to the combination of economic development with social, human and environmental issues, President Triet said. As a result, it has fulfilled the UN Millennium Development Goals on poverty reduction and hunger alleviation ahead of schedule, which has been praised by the UN and international organizations.

The country also pays attention to food production to ensure food security for the country and the world at large, the president added.

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