Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea at the invitation of the host's Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. The meeting will be held at Port Moresby from November 17-18. Vietnam successfully hosted the APEC Year 2017, with a wide range of activities taking place across localities from the north to the south such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Nghe An, Thua Thien-Hue, Khanh Hoa, Can Tho, and Da Nang. The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, held in Da Nang city from November 10-11, 2017, was the most important external event of Vietnam during the year, with the participation of leaders from the 21 member economies. The APEC Year 2017 helped increase the position of Vietnam and affirm the country’s contributions to forming multilateral mechanisms to realise the common goals of building an … [Read more...] about PM to attend APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea
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PM to attend 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the 26th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea at the invitation of the host country’s Prime Minister Peter O’Neill. The meeting will be held at Port Moresby from November 17-18. Vietnam successfully hosted the APEC Year 2017, with a wide range of activities taking place across localities from the north to the south such as Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Quang Ninh, Ninh Binh, Nghe An, Thua Thien-Hue, Khanh Hoa, Can Tho, and Da Nang. The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, held in Da Nang city from November 10-11, 2017, was the most important external event of Vietnam during the year, with the participation of leaders from the 21 member economies. The APEC Year 2017 helped increase the position of Vietnam and affirm the country’s contributions to forming multilateral mechanisms to realise the common goals of … [Read more...] about PM to attend 26th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Papua New Guinea
Viet Nam’s impact as an active APEC member
This year marks the 20th anniversary of Viet Nam’s joining Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum. Economist Vo Tri Thanh* reviews the 20 year long journey of Viet Nam, highlighting the country’s benefits brought by the integration as well as imprints it has left as a responsible, active member. In 1989, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum (APEC) was launched to meet the dynamic development of the Asia-Pacific region, based on three pillars: trade and investment liberalisation; business facilitation; and economic and technical cooperation (ECOTECH). APEC sets Bogor Goal: liberalisation and openness to trade and investment will be fully implemented by developed member economies by 2010 and developing ones by 2020. With deep and rapid changes in the region and in the world, from the early 2000s until now, APEC has expanded its scope of concern such as issues of inclusive and green growth; energy security; environment and climate change; diseases; labour migration; … [Read more...] about Viet Nam’s impact as an active APEC member
APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting promotes regional economic cooperation
At the third APEC Senior Officials' Meeting (Source: internet) Hanoi (VNA) – The third APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting took place in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, during August 4-20. The second meeting of the APEC vision group and nearly 80 dialogues and meetings of committees and working groups were held at the same time to discuss cooperation in various fields. These were some of the most important events in preparation for the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week 2018 in Port Moresby in November. The functions drew nearly 2,000 delegates from 21 APEC economies. Representatives from Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, Ministry of National Defence, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Ministry of Health, and the Government Inspectorate participated in the events and made active contributions. As APEC faces new opportunities and challenges, the meetings aimed to discuss the … [Read more...] about APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting promotes regional economic cooperation
APEC 2017: Enthusiastic organization, attractive topics
VietNamNet Bridge - Vietnam shows great ability to host one of the biggest events on the planet, not only in terms of infrastructure but also in the quality of programs and delegates. Quick interviews with the organizers and APEC delegates made by VietNamNet reporters. Mr. BUI THANH SON – Deputy Foreign Minister According to comments made by APEC delegates, we have successfully organized the APEC Summit 2017 and the greatest thing is that we have harmonized and found the similarities in the common interests of all member economies. As you know, organizing APEC Summit this year is a lot harder than it was in the previous years. Therefore, when we recommended the topics and priorities, we got very high consent from other member economies. Through the year, we have received their consensus and support for this common future. So all of us have reached the pinnacle - the APEC Summit2017 and the issuance of the Da Nang Declaration, and we have also come up with documents … [Read more...] about APEC 2017: Enthusiastic organization, attractive topics