ASEAN+3 leaders talk with East Asia Business Council representatives
(VOVWORLD) - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as the ASEAN+3 Chair, proposed the business community continue standing shoulder-to-shoulder with the governments in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic and in economic recovery in East Asia. He was speaking at the ASEAN+3 Leaders’ Interface with Representatives from East Asia Business Council on Saturday.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc chairs the ASEAN+3 Leaders’ Interface with Representatives from East Asia Business Council on November 14, 2020. (Photo: Thong Nhat/ VNA)
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PM Phuc spoke highly of practical contributions of the East Asia Business Council (EABC) in the said-above fields as well as in regional economic connectivity and integration over the past time.
He called on regional enterprises to continue staying firm and overcome all difficulties and challenges to quickly recover and grow further. The PM also suggested the business community pay attention to stepping up the application of digital and smart technologies in production and business towards sustainable development for inclusive benefits of people in the region.
The EABC was requested to promote its role as a bridge connecting businesses and the governments of East Asian countries, and continue making appropriate and timely recommendations to help improve regional economic integration policies and institutions so as to contribute to the effective implementation of the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework.