Riyadh, April 27, 2021, SPA -- Saudi newspapers highlighted in their editorials today a number of issues at local, regional, and international arenas. Al-Riyadh, Al-Yaum, and Al-Eqtisadiah newspapers reported in their editorials that the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, along with the Kingdom's Vision 2030, over the past five years, has witnessed exceptional achievements, which represent the determination of the Kingdom and its leaders, as well as Saudi Arabia's people desire to make fundamental changes based on everyone's desire to enhance Saudi Arabia's regional and international position. With the support of the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, His Royal Highness Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has led the process of change and development, drawing all help and support from the ambitious Saudi people, who believed in the Kingdom's Vision and its goals, realizing that it is an ambitious road map that will bring further progress, prosperity, and development to Saudi Arabia, the newspapers added. All achievements that the Kingdom witnessed over the past five years resulted in making leaps in the ranking of Saudi Arabia in the Global Competitiveness Index issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF). Saudi Arabia also topped the world in the macroeconomic stability index for two consecutive years. Additionally, Saudi Arabia has achieved progress in the digital economy since this economic policy will support the investment environment, enable e-commerce applications, encourage innovation, and spread digital culture, enhancing the opportunities for securing a safe and reliable digital environment through developing systems and regulations and improving cybersecurity. This tremendous development resulted in enhancing Saudi Arabia's economic stability during the difficult year of the Coronavirus crisis. It also enabled the government to transform all works to be implemented remotely, even in education and health services. The newspapers further added that the first phase of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 has worked on achieving financial and economic stability and distinguished governance and launching capital projects that draw a path for the programs of the Kingdom's Vision, provide a base for the development of promising economic sectors, such as entertainment, tourism, and mining projects, attracting foreign investments, enhancing digital infrastructure and raising the quality of life and health services in Saudi Arabia. Over the past five years, the development of the Kingdom's reform with Vision 2030 varied. Moreover, the next phase of Vision 2030 will continue to develop promising and new sectors. It will also be characterized by the acceleration of achievement and the maintenance of the required momentum to continue reforms and make development updates on the Vision's realization programs, in addition to raising the efficiency of spending and responding to economic developments, establishing other programs in line with the requirements of the next phase, enabling changes in legislative policies and enhancing the role of the Saudi citizen and the private sector in achieving the Kingdom's Vision 2030, the newspapers concluded. --SPA 12:03 LOCAL TIME 09:03 GMT 0018 www.spa.gov.sa/w1549556