The new Vietnamese leaders are expected to uphold the country’s long-held policies, including further opening its markets to the global economy and balancing relations with China and the US, said Bloomberg.
Hanoi (VNA) –
The new Vietnamese leaders are expected to uphold the country’s long-held
policies, including further opening its markets to the global economy and balancing
relations with China and the US, said Bloomberg.
The election of a new
President and Prime Minister in Vietnam on April 5 has attracted attention of
international media.
Nikkei Asia English-language
newsmagazine quoted Prof Carl Thayer at Australia’s New South Wales University
as saying that PM Chinh has the support of a large number of members of the Party
Central Committee.
Thayer added that the
new PM’s immediate priorities have already been determined, which are defeating
the COVID-19 pandemic and kick-starting Vietnam's economic recovery.
In an article by AP,
Thayer was quoted as speaking highly of Phuc’s contributions to the economic
growth and the fight against COVID-19 in Vietnam during his tenure as Prime
Minister.
During his time as
prime minister, the country sustained the economic growth of 7 percent up until
last year when COVID-19 hit the world, the article noted.
Xinhua News Agency
reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a message of congratulations to
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc, while Chinese Premier Li Keqiang cabled his
congratulatory message to Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
In his message to
President Phuc, Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed a hope that the
Russia-Vietnam strategic partnership will continue to flourish, TASS news
agency reported./.