H.E. Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo, Secretary General of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF), has voiced her support to Cambodia’s candidacy as the host of the Francophonie Summit in 2026.
The OIF secretary-general affirmed her support while paying a courtesy call on Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet in Paris, France on Jan. 15.
H.E. Ms. Louise Mushikiwabo called on Cambodia to continue to share Cambodia’s experience in maintaining peace and stability with French-speaking countries in Africa and other continents, as well as with non-French-speaking countries, in boosting the economic and tourism sectors, and in maintaining the culture of using French language with other countries around the world.
For his part, Samdech Thipadei Hun Manet expressed Cambodia’s pride to have preserved the heritage as well as the culture of using French and to have good relations and cooperation with French-speaking countries.
Among the members of Council of Ministers of the 7th-ma
ndate Royal Government of Cambodia, he pointed out, about 40 percent can speak French, which shows that Cambodia continues to be actively involved in maintaining and speaking French, both in general administration and relations with some other countries in the world.
The Francophonie Summit is the highest authority in the Francophonie. It is held every two years and gathers the heads of State/Governments of all member states.
Currently, the International Organisation of La Francophonie comprises 88 member states and governments (54 full members, 7 associate members and 27 observer members).
Source: Agence Kampuchea Presse
Geneva: Vietnamese intellectuals living and working in Switzerland said they are interested in current issues that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will discuss at the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54) in Davos, Switzerland from January 16, and showed their optimism about the success of the Vietnamese leader’s working trip.
Teresa Lien Freiburghaus, a lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, said she wishes Vietnam to accelerate the digital transformation process in teaching.
Vietnam should apply new teaching methods, taking advantage of the technology power, thereby training a workforce that meets the requirements of companies and the country’s development demand, she said, expressing her hope that PM Chinh’s trip will be a motivation to help Vietnam find solutions to improve the quality of education and training.
The WEF-54 will also focus on technological development, such as artificial intelligence (AI).
According to Dr. Luu Vinh Toan, head of the N
atural Language Processing (NLP) department at Move Digital AG in Zurich, the most important role of technology development is to provide the value chain, so Vietnam needs to actively discuss and participate in this process.
He highlighted the role played by Vietnam in the semiconductor industry chain, saying that attending the meeting is an opportunity for Vietnam to take advantage of technological developments in other countries to strengthen cooperation.
He expressed his belief that Vietnamese intellectuals abroad, who have a lot of experience working in large corporations, are ready to contribute to the process of developing new technology chains in Vietnam.
Regarding climate change, Nguyen Thi Hai Van from the Wyss Institute said Vietnam has great potential to contribute to efforts to deal with this issue.
Topics related to carbon emission reduction, carbon credits or sustainable financial sources discussed at the event will be extremely effective solutions for countries, including Vietnam, she said.
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Source: Vietnam News Agency