On February 3, at Government Headquarters, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with a delegation of Swiss and European businesses led by Dr Philipp Rösler, Chairman of the Swiss - Vietnam Economic Forum, who are visiting Vietnam to explore investment and cooperation opportunities.

Welcoming Dr Philipp Rösler and leaders of Swiss and European companies, the Prime Minister highly appreciated the role of the Swiss - Vietnam Economic Forum, as well as the personal contributions of Dr Rösler, in fostering investment linkages and promoting Vietnam’s image to the European and international business communities. He also acknowledged the important contributions made by European businesses to Vietnam’s socio-economic development and to bilateral relations.

Briefing the delegation on the very positive outcomes of the 14th National Congress, particularly the national development strategy with two centennial goals set for 2030 and 2045, marking 100 years since the founding of the Communist Party of Vietnam and 100 years since the founding of the nation, the Prime Minister noted that Vietnam is targeting double-digit economic growth from 2026 and in subsequent years.

Dr Philipp Rösler expressed his strong impression of Vietnam’s development achievements and congratulated the country on recording economic growth of more than 8% in 2025, placing it among the world’s fastest-growing economies. He highly valued Vietnam’s long-term development strategy, including its ambition to establish an international financial centre and sustain high growth in the coming period. Participating enterprises affirmed their readiness to cooperate with and support Vietnam in realising its development goals.

Swiss and European businesses spoke highly of Vietnam’s investment environment and outlined their long-term cooperation and investment strategies, focusing on finance, textiles and garments, pharmaceuticals, biotechnology, the semiconductor industry and its ecosystem, data infrastructure, artificial intelligence (AI), as well as green transition, climate change response, and the reduction of carbon and methane emissions. At the same time, they proposed that the Government maintain stable and open policies, further streamline administrative procedures, and strengthen supporting ecosystems and services to enhance investment efficiency.

In an open and constructive spirit, guided by the principles of “unity for strength, cooperation for mutual benefit, and dialogue to build trust”, as well as an emphasis on “wisdom, timing and decisive action”, the Prime Minister addressed issues raised by businesses and provided further clarification on Vietnam’s development strategies, priorities and incentive mechanisms for green and digital growth.

To achieve double-digit growth, Vietnam is implementing three strategic breakthroughs: improving institutional frameworks, developing modern and seamless infrastructure, and strengthening governance capacity and human resources to enable businesses to optimise investment. In parallel, the country is accelerating the transformation of its growth model, renewing traditional growth drivers, fostering new ones, and promoting development based on science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

Vietnam is intensifying efforts to develop clean energy, promote sustainable agriculture linked with emissions reduction, expand green transport, and develop the carbon market. In addition, preferential policies are being rolled out to advance the semiconductor industry, develop high-quality human resources, and build a national data system serving artificial intelligence development.

The Prime Minister encouraged Swiss and European enterprises to expand both direct and indirect investment, step up technology transfer, support human resource training, share management expertise in priority sectors, increase investment in research and development, and cooperate with Vietnamese companies to integrate more deeply into global value chains and supply chains.

Reaffirming Vietnam’s commitment to continuously improving the investment environment, ensuring political and social stability, accelerating digitalisation, reducing administrative procedures, and safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of enterprises, the Prime Minister welcomed Swiss and European businesses to invest in high-tech projects, green and digital transformation, renewable energy, green finance and tourism.

The Prime Minister also called on enterprises to continue supporting Vietnam in developing an international financial centre; encourage the European Union to soon ratify the EU - Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA); assist in the removal of the EU’s “yellow card” on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing imposed on Vietnamese seafood; and accompany Vietnam in the implementation of ESG standards, green finance and sustainable finance, in pursuit of rapid and sustainable development.