New York (VNA) – General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President To Lam received Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Kristalina Georgieva in New York on September 24.

The reception took place within the framework of the top Vietnamese leader’s trip to the US to attend the UN Summit of the Future and the 79th session of the UN General Assembly (UNGA 79).

At the meeting, Georgieva affirmed that Vietnam and ASEAN as a whole are bright spots in the global economy, particularly during the tough times that the world economy is hit by a series of shocks.

Vietnam’s resilience, adaptation and maintenance of economic growth, she said, have been backed by the two firm pillars that have been consolidated for decades, namely strong institutions that have been increasingly completed and an approach that prioritises growth while ensuring the inclusiveness in penning macroeconomic policy.

The IMF leader expressed her hope that Vietnam will work alongside with the IMF to share its experience and success story with other countries, especially partners in Africa.

She said throughout the nation’s development journey, the IMF has been a good friend and partner, supporting Vietnam to improve its growth quality, affirming IMF’s commitment to assisting Vietnam to deliver on the country’s development goal of becoming a developed and high-income nation by 2045 through promoting reforms and risk governance.

Congratulating Georgieva on the IMF’s 80th founding anniversary, the Vietnamese leader highly valued the fund’s important role in monitoring the macro-economic stability of economies and advising countries about the building of policies on financial and monetary system stabilisation, poverty reduction, sustainable and balanced economic growth, and climate change response.

He noted that from an underdeveloped economy, Vietnam is now one of the world’s 40 largest economies and on the threshold of a new era, ahead significant milestones which are the 100th founding anniversary of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 2030 and the 100th anniversary of the country’s foundation in 2045.

The leader asked the IMF to continue assisting Vietnam to realise that vision, promote economic restructuring, reform the growth model, conduct digital transformation and green transition, and develop new technologies such as artificial intelligence in tandem with ensuring social security and eliminating poverty in the spirit of putting people at the centre and leaving no one behind.

Lam reaffirmed Vietnam’s strong commitment to continue upholding its role and responsibility in the settlement of global issues for the sake of a peaceful and prosperous world./.