biggest world economic forum in the region to date ten countries that are part of the association of southeast asian nations are meeting in vietnam's capital hanoi to discuss economic challenges inequality and digitization. where the casbah claridge reports. business has been down here for years but there's little digitalisation apparent in old town. just a few kilometers away however visions of the future are being discussed this huge congress center is in the modern business district of the vietnamese capital and it's here that the world economic forum is meeting never have so many southeast asian leaders attended the yearly events. vietnam's prime minister is promoting the region he says is already home to the world's largest economy digitalisation would drive growth further. we've been the world's factory and till now that creates growth but now we'll see faster growth through innovative ideas. but the downsides of a technological revolution are also being openly discussed in hanoi millions of jobs could be at risk and inequality could rise especially for women what we're seeing with the digital economy

if competition authorities approved the merger ten countries that are part of the association of southeast asian nationsor. for an economic forum. is the second fastest growing economy in the region after china. travelled to the country to get a taste of a nation in the midst of an economic transition. she's carrying on a tradition that no longer carries the economic waste it once did. here and how long day in northern vietnam fishing used to be the main source of income. but nowadays many people have set their sights elsewhere taking corporate jobs and fishing only on the side. vietnam's economy is expanding rapidly the annual growth rate is over six percent and with the free trade deal with the european union jus to be ratified in january that figure could rise. move sixty five percent a terribly hard search for cation would be standardized within a period of five to ten years one hundred percent of existence our ears would be lifted this would give vietnam an incredible competitive advantage in the region but. this factory in the capital hanoi is operated by german company b. holland it produces medi

of asian leaders in vietnam the world economic forum talks will also look at how the growing workforce around asia can compete as also mation dot official intelligence develop leading politicians from the association of southeast asian nations and you to attend almost a thousand people are in hanoi for the event among them is a serious way to hate. the theme of this world economic forum on the southeast asian nations is the fourth industrial revolution so most of the focus is on new technologies like robotics like artificial intelligence three d. printing and crypto currencies and how the nations in this region can take advantage of those advancements in technology and to some extent be at the forefront all of them they combined the southeast asian nations are the fifth largest economy in the world so clearly there are plenty of opportunities in this region but some challenges as well and behind the scenes there will also be a lot of discussions around trade around the looming trade war between china and the united states and the potential for the countries in this region to be caught up in that and exactly how they will deal with the fallout from that trade war on sun suchi is here one of the invited leaders the state coun

of asian leaders in vietnam the world economic forum talks will also look at how the growing workforce around asia can compete as automation and artificial intelligence develop leading politicians from the association of southeast asian nations are due to attend almost a thousand people are in hanoi for the event and among them is a serious way hey he joins us now live from hanoi wayne what's the aim of this forum. well i think as you mentioned there will be much interest in trade disputes the looming trade war between the united states and china the countries in southeast asia very much potentially anyway caught up in that trade war but also technology the theme of this world economic forum on r.c. on the southeast asian nations is the fourth industrial revolution so it's about new technologies about artificial intelligence about crypto currency about three d. printing about robotics and how the countries in this region can take advantage of those technological advancements and to some extent be at the forefront all of them combined the southeast asian nations make up. the fifth largest economy in the world so clearly there are plenty of opportunities here but challenges as well that can hold back some of that economic deve

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ten countries that are part of the association of southeast asian nations or in short as the i am currently meeting in vietnam's capital hanoi for an economic forum and i vietnam is currently the second fastest growing economy in the region after china did obvious money like us but claridge travel to the country to get a taste of a nation in the midst of an economic transition. she's carrying on a tradition that no longer carries the economic waste it once did. here and how long bay in northern vietnam fishing used to be the main source of income. but nowadays many people have set their sights elsewhere taking corporate jobs and fishing only on the side. vietnam's economy is expanding rapidly the annual growth rate is over six percent and with the free trade deal with the european union jus to be ratified in january that figure could ride. sixty five percent of tire and sidon would search for cation would be standardized within a period of five to ten years one hundred percent of existence our years would be lifted and this would give vietnam an incredible competitive advantage in that regi

as you mentioned elizabeth this is the world economic forum on so it's about the association of southeast asian nations and it's all about technology the theme officially anyway from the world economic forum is the fourth industrial revolution and it's about artificial intelligence it's about robotics three d. printing how the technological advancements that this region can potentially take advantage of well with me now to talk more about this is dorothy soon a social entrepreneur with perlin thank you for talking to us i mean how well placed the nations in this region to take advantage of these advancements very well placed so as the only is very useful it previously was very fragmented so there hasn't been a single big company say like an amazon becoming a trillion dollar business or an amazon and apple becoming to an old business so there is this huge opportunity for young entrepreneurship to kind of bubble and experiment. you talk about decentralization as being a key to taking advantage of these advancements that's a big problem potentially for these nations do when you talk about decentralizing s

countries within the association of southeast asian nations that has territorial claims disputes with china it's the only one of those five countries that has this consistently spoken out against china and even if you accept the fact that it's that it's that it's citing principles of international law and international norms freedom of navigation etc is done very selectively in contrast to the lack of it here and to those norms domestically in vietnam nonetheless i think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea breeze of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so the rule of president is largely seen as ceremonial but posting was theme as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and thus the nation's top leader. well ahead on c.n.n. we look at the potential impact of a visit by russia's top diplomat to bosnia weeks ahead of his general elections. plus the archaeological treasure in iraq that locals say is being treated more like a rubbish dump. hello again welcom

within the association of southeast asian nations that has territorial claims disputes with china it's the only one of those five countries that is this consistently spoken out against china and even if you accept the fact that it's that it's that it's citing principles of international law and international norms freedom of navigation etc is done very selectively in contrast to the lack of inherence to those norms domestically in vietnam nonetheless i think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea because of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so the rule of president is largely seen as ceremonial but posting with theme as a stepping stone to becoming the communist party chief and thus the nation's top leader in. good weather now his cabinet that's right we've talked hurricanes typhoons now we're going to talk about a tropical depression and don't ever us to me underestimated tropical depression i want to take you here instead of low state of mexico notice those clouds rig

as automation and off official intelligence develops leading politicians from the association of southeast asian nations are jew to attend almost a thousand people are in hanoi for the event when hey joins us live from hanoi so i went i was a bit more about the main theme here. well officially the theme is the fourth industrial revolution and it's focusing a lot on new technologies like robotics in artificial intelligence but inevitably attention very quickly turned to trade with the opening remarks made by the leaders who have assembled here the chinese vice premier who getting things going saying that countries should categorically correctly reject protectionism in trade not mentioning the united states but clearly it was a criticism of the u.s. trade policy amid a widening trade dispute between those two countries well the leaders will be watching that dispute very closely with me to talk more about that now is one of the young global leaders for the world economic forum. thanks for talking to us just how concerned are leaders in business is about this trade dispute the unfolding trade for trade fric

and china is it all doom and gloom for the likes of vietnam other association of southeast asian member nations or are there some positives that could come out of this for them so i wouldn't say doom and gloom so it's concern rather than the law and within us here on this huge variation so dependence on china varies from philippines and indonesia at the upper end to vietnam which is at the lower end but the entire region is affected when the two largest economies in the world fight you're bound to be affected the positive if you can call it that is there is the impetus for greater cooperation for greater economic integration within our sea on because they need to benefit from the economies of scale and scope in order to face solve these headwinds and generally looking at the economies in this region here we are in vietnam one of the fastest growing economies in the world for the past few years as a thing still looking up some warning signs as well things are looking up on a long term basis the secular trends the young population the fundamentals are strong in there remains so and the potential

despite the fact that vietnam is one of as many as five or six countries within the association of southeast asian nationsthat has territorial claims disputes with china it's the only one of those five countries that is this consistently spoken out against china and even if you accept the fact that it's that it's that it's citing principles of international law and international norms freedom of navigation etc is done very selectively in contrast to the lack of it here and to those norms domestically in vietnam nonetheless i think the government of vietnam should be applauded for standing up for for their rights in the south china sea breeze of the china and clearly the late president would have been part of that decision to do so good to speak to benjamin benjamin the west bank oh thanks very much. well we've got plenty more ahead on news news our nigeria's money wives young girls sold into slavery to repay their parents' debts. and environmental disaster in the u.s. floodwaters from hurricane florence mixing with toxic waste. and joshua and prevent can trade verbal blows one more time ahead of saturday'

the president will not travel to singapore for a meeting hosted by the association of southeast asia nations, as well as an asian pacific economic cooperation gathering, sending vice president mike pence instead. a former campaign policy adviser joins us. thanks for being here, david. we really shouldn't read too much into the fact president trump himself is not going to attend these two summits in asia, but that we have to consider the timing of it. i'm going to call for a couple of tweets that the president put out just days before the announcement that he wouldn't go to this, and in the tweet he's essentially -- i will read them for you. president donald j. trump feels strongly that north korea is under tremendous pressure from china because of our major trade disputes with the chinese government. at the same time, we also know that china is providing north korea with considerable aid, including money, fuel, fertilizer and various other commodities. this is not helpful. okay. so in light of that, the president essentially really calling out china specifically around potentially being a part of the stalled tal