Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh speaks at Harvard University

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh visited, spoke and attended a policy seminar at Harvard University, Boston, Massachusetts on May 14 (local time) – Photo: NGUYEN KHANH

Speaking at this event, Professor Thomas J. Vallely, director of the Vietnam Program, Harvard Kennedy School, said that out of 12 members of the Vietnamese delegation participating in this working trip, there are six ministers. studied at Harvard.

Harvard has carried out a policy dialogue with the Vietnamese side for the past three decades, focusing on contributing to solving the biggest challenges facing Vietnam in each period.

Emphasizing the new challenges that Vietnam faces in the new stage of development, the professor said the audience would love to hear the views of Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.

President of the Kennedy School of Public Policy, Harvard University, Mr. Douglas Elmendorf also expressed his desire to listen to the Prime Minister’s statements on the philosophy, vision and development strategy of Vietnam. The principal also recalled the Prime Minister’s very successful experiences in running Quang Ninh province before becoming a leader at the central level.

In his speech at Harvard University, after reviewing the main results of the ASEAN-US Special Summit and working meetings with US leaders, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spent a lot of time analyzing Analysis on the topic of building an independent, self-reliant economy, associated with proactive and active international integration, in depth, substance and effectiveness in Vietnam.

In particular, Vietnam affirms its consistent policy of sticking to the line of innovation, opening up, proactively, actively integrating deeply and effectively with the outside world. The innovation path is based on three pillars, including elimination of subsidized bureaucracy, multiple ownership, and integration.

The Prime Minister highly appreciated Harvard University with its long history, long tradition, influence and reputation among the best in the US and the world. Meanwhile, Massachusetts is one of the destinations in President Ho Chi Minh’s journey to find a way to save the country.

“My presence here also demonstrates the idea of ​​independence and self-reliance for the two peoples, as well as the vision and relationship between our two countries that were announced in 2015 when Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong visited the US,” he said. ” – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said.

The Prime Minister said: “I come here with dual feelings, the love of Harvard University for the delegation and the love of the predestined relationship, the connection between Vietnam and the US.

The relationship between Vietnam and the US has experienced ups and downs and breakthroughs. Since the normalization of relations in 1995, it has continuously developed in all fields. This comprehensive relationship is for the benefit of the two peoples, for peace, cooperation and development in the region and around the world.