Boao Forum for Asia opens
(VOVworld) - The 2016 Boao Forum for Asia opened in China’s Hainan province on Thursday. The forum offers an opportunity to seek for new management methodologies for the world economic and financial institutions and seek for new development trends. Addressing the opening session, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang committed to cooperation, sound friendship and neighborliness with all Asian countries; suggesting that countries should fuel economic growth, enhance regional integration and production capacity, and focus on developing open and inclusive economies that encourage innovation and creativity to create new development momentums.
Speaking in the event, Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh said Asia should take innovation and creativity as key driving forces for sustainable development. He urged Asian countries to forge regional economic connectivity within the frameworks of bilateral and sub-regional cooperation, the ASEAN Community, and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership.
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| Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh spoke at the opening ceremony of Boao Forum for Asia (Photo: VNA) |
He emphasized the importance of enhancing cooperation for sustainable development, especially in climate change adaptation, food security, energy security and water resources security; highlighting these as both urgent demands and generators of significant momentum to sustainable development in each country, as well as across the region. He described the reinforcement of a peaceful and stable environment as an indispensable premise for Asia’s development, saying all disputes need to be resolved peacefully and in line with international law.
He reiterated Vietnam’s efforts to cooperate with other countries in the spirit of mutual trust and respect, and sharing responsibility for common issues of the region and the world.