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Establishing a sustainable social welfare system
Hanoi (VNA) – Establishing a sustainable social welfare system is an urgent issue
in East Asia and ASEAN, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The Vietnamese PM underlined the issue during his opening speech at a seminar
discussing social development in ASEAN and the creation of a sustainable social
welfare system, in Hanoi on October 26.
“Adverse social impacts stemming from the recent global economic crisis, world
hunger and increasing numbers of middle-income earners pose numerous issues that
need to be handled at both macro and micro levels and on a national and regional
scale,” said the PM.
He also stated that sustainable growth requires issues related to energy and food
security, environment and non-traditional security matters to be settled.
“Determination and reforms in each single economy are inevitable, however this is
not enough. Nations needs to adopt integrated policies and step up regional and
global cooperation. The social roles and responsibilities of individuals and
businesses are important to enforce and ensure sustainable development,” PM Dung
told the participants.
He said that the economy, a rise in the number of middle-income earners, social
welfare, responses to natural disasters, energy security and climate change, are of
special interest to Vietnam and are significant during the creation of
socio-economic development strategy and social welfare strategies in the 2011-2020
period.
In the draft of its 2011-2020 socio-economic development strategy, Vietnam has tried
to make breakthroughs in institutional reforms, infrastructural developments, the
quality of human resources, social welfare, natural resources, environmental
protection and responses to climate change.
PM Dung added that he hoped ASEAN, East Asian and American researchers and policy
makers at the seminar will discuss the issues frankly.
He expects them to raise the publics awareness of the need to forge a sustainable
welfare system for East Asia and ASEAN and detail solutions and policies on the
issue.
The seminar was co-organised by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East
Asia, the Asia Centre at the US ’s Harvard University , the Central
Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) and the Ministry of Planning and
Investment.
It was attended by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and the Director of
Harvard University’s Asian Centre Professor Arthur Kleinman, and economists and
academics from economic institutes around the world.
Apart from discussing the seminar’s main topics, the participants also examined
Asian and global economies before and after the 2008 financial crisis, the
production system in East Asia and challenges to sustainable development.-Enditem
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in East Asia and ASEAN, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
The Vietnamese PM underlined the issue during his opening speech at a seminar
discussing social development in ASEAN and the creation of a sustainable social
welfare system, in Hanoi on October 26.
“Adverse social impacts stemming from the recent global economic crisis, world
hunger and increasing numbers of middle-income earners pose numerous issues that
need to be handled at both macro and micro levels and on a national and regional
scale,” said the PM.
He also stated that sustainable growth requires issues related to energy and food
security, environment and non-traditional security matters to be settled.
“Determination and reforms in each single economy are inevitable, however this is
not enough. Nations needs to adopt integrated policies and step up regional and
global cooperation. The social roles and responsibilities of individuals and
businesses are important to enforce and ensure sustainable development,” PM Dung
told the participants.
He said that the economy, a rise in the number of middle-income earners, social
welfare, responses to natural disasters, energy security and climate change, are of
special interest to Vietnam and are significant during the creation of
socio-economic development strategy and social welfare strategies in the 2011-2020
period.
In the draft of its 2011-2020 socio-economic development strategy, Vietnam has tried
to make breakthroughs in institutional reforms, infrastructural developments, the
quality of human resources, social welfare, natural resources, environmental
protection and responses to climate change.
PM Dung added that he hoped ASEAN, East Asian and American researchers and policy
makers at the seminar will discuss the issues frankly.
He expects them to raise the publics awareness of the need to forge a sustainable
welfare system for East Asia and ASEAN and detail solutions and policies on the
issue.
The seminar was co-organised by the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East
Asia, the Asia Centre at the US ’s Harvard University , the Central
Institute for Economic Management (CIEM) and the Ministry of Planning and
Investment.
It was attended by ASEAN Secretary General Surin Pitsuwan and the Director of
Harvard University’s Asian Centre Professor Arthur Kleinman, and economists and
academics from economic institutes around the world.
Apart from discussing the seminar’s main topics, the participants also examined
Asian and global economies before and after the 2008 financial crisis, the
production system in East Asia and challenges to sustainable development.-Enditem
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