The increased protectism causes the deep anxiousness. The achievements of the globalization process is not allocated equally among countries in the region, cooperatives and population community. The scientific and technological advances can increase the development distance between economies and cooperatives as well as the rich and poor gap between people classes in the region.
— Đặng Thị Ngọc ThịnhWelcome speech at the 10th Asia-Pacific Cooperative Ministers’ Conference (2017)