ASEAN Plus Three leaders talk with East Asia Business Council representatives
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as the ASEAN Plus Three 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 at the ASEAN Plus Three Leaders’ Interface with Representatives from East Asia Business Council on November 14.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, as the ASEAN PlusThree Chair, proposed the business community continue standingshoulder-to-shoulder with the governments in the fight against the COVID-19pandemic and in economic recovery in East Asia at the ASEAN Plus Three Leaders’Interface with Representatives from East Asia Business Council on November 14.
PM Phuc spoke highly of practical contributions of the EastAsia Business Council (EABC) in the said-above fields as well as in regional economicconnectivity and integration over the past time.
He called on regional enterprises to continue staying firm andovercome all difficulties and challenges to quickly recover and grow further.
The PM also suggested the business community pay attentionto stepping up the application of digital and smart technologies in production andbusiness towards sustainable development for inclusive benefits of people inthe region.
The EABC was requested to promote its role as a bridgeconnecting businesses and the governments of East Asian countries, and continuemaking appropriate and timely recommendations to help improve regional economicintegration policies and institutions so as to contribute to the effective implementation of the ASEANComprehensive Recovery Framework.
At the event, EABC representatives proposed ASEAN Plus Threeleaders include the business community’s recommendations in post-pandemicrecovery policies, while welcoming the possible signing of the RegionalComprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) in Vietnam’s ASEAN Chairmanship Year2020.
To ensure the stability and sustainability of the supplychains of essential goods, the council suggested expanding the ASEAN Plus ThreeEmergency Rice Reserve (APTERR) to other essential agricultural products.
The council also expressed its hope that government leaderswill direct the reduction of digital technology application costs and carry outmeasures to intensify public private partnership in speeding up digitaltransformation for micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises./.
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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc (R) (Source: VNA) 
