(VOVWORLD) - On Thursday, Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong received leaders of leading Chinese economic groups on the sidelines of the 3rd Belt and Road Forum being held in China.
 Vietnamese President Vo Van Thuong (R) and Chairman of Huawei Liang Hua at their meeting in Beijing on October 19. (Photo: VNA) |
At a meeting with Liang Hua, Chairman of Huawei – a leading Chinese group in ICT infrastructure, digital energy, cloud computing and terminal equipment, President Thuong said that joining the global trend, Vietnam attaches great importance to and is strongly investing in digital transformation and digital economy building. On the basis of the sound Vietnam - China relations, Vietnam welcomes and hopes for Huawei to cooperate and continue to expand its investment, he continued.
The Vietnamese leader spoke highly of what Huawei has obtained during its investment in the country, expressing his hope that the group, which operates in over 170 countries and regions and ranks fourth in the world in terms of research and development investment, will continue cooperating with authorities and businesses of Vietnam to develop digital infrastructure, 5G, broadband, and especially digital human resources.
Liang said he hopes with the support and trust of Vietnamese Government and agencies, Huawei will actively help improve Vietnam’s digital competitiveness.
Huawei wishes to contribute more to the development of a digital economy, digital society, and energy transition in Vietnam, and assist Vietnam to apply scientific and technological advances to agriculture and the processing industry, he noted.
He added that his group is working with some universities to train human resources, and it is ready to cooperate with Vietnam in training digital human resources.
 President Vo Van Thuong receives Li Zixue, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZTE (Photo: VOV) |
Receiving Mr. Li Zixue, Chairman of the Board of Directors of ZTE multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturing corporation, President Vo Van Thuong expressed high appreciation for ZTE’s business activities in Vietnam. He emphasized that Vietnam wants Chinese enterprises, especially large enterprises, with high levels of science and modern technology, to invest and expand in Vietnam.
The President believes that ZTE will have closer and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese businesses in the future, thus contributing to the development of the Vietnam – China relationship.
Chairman of ZTE Group, Li Zixue said ZTE wishes to contribute to building the digital infrastructure in Vietnam, thereby strongly supporting Vietnam’s economic development.