ASEAN conference seeks solutions to post-pandemic growth
The Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) is holding its 45th Conference themed "Economic recovery and growth in ASEAN countries after the Covid-19 pandemic and in the context of great fluctuations in the international economy" in Hanoi from November 25-26.
Hanoi (VNA) – TheFederation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) is holding its 45th Conference themed "Economic recovery and growth in ASEAN countries after the Covid-19 pandemic and in the context of great fluctuations in the international economy" in Hanoi from November 25-26.
Participants frommember countries were deeply aware of the need to coordinate actions, fromsolutions of each country to regional and international solutions; from socio-economicand environment cooperation to handling regional hotspots and globalgeopolitical conflicts, contradictions and competitions.
Politburo member,Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics and Chairman of the Central Theory Council NguyenXuan Thang said like other Southeast Asian economies, Vietnam is in the faceof great risks and challenges.
Sinceearly this year, its economy has been suffering headwinds, with prioritiescontinuously adjusted, from post-pandemic recovery to inflation control frommid-year, then stabilisation of exchange rates and now ensuring the liquidity of bankingsystem.
﷽ He hoped that theevent could lay out sound initiatives for policymakers and researchers in the region./.
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President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received the scientists and economists attending the 45th Conference of the Federation of ASEAN Economic Associations (FAEA) in Hanoi on November 25.
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