Can Tho prepares for APEC week on food security

Vice Chairman of Can Tho People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung addresses the meeting (Photo: VNA)

Can Tho (VNA) – TheMekong city of Can Tho has finalised a coordination plan on the hosting of theAPEC week on food security and high-level dialogue on food security andsustainable agriculture development in response to climate change.

Addressing a meeting on June 1,Vice Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Dao Anh Dung asked theDepartment of Agriculture and Rural Development to complete the plan to launch itin early June.

He also stressed the need tostrengthen communications and ensure security and safety for the event, whilepromoting the economic and tourism potential and strengths of the city.

Within the framework of theevents, about 14 workshops and conferences as well as bilateral meetingsbetween leaders of Can Tho and ministers of some APEC members will take placefrom August 18-25.

The Ministry of Agriculture andRural Development will chair two major events, the APEC Week on Food Securityand high-level dialogue on food security and sustainable agriculturedevelopment in response to climate change on August 21-25.

The events are good chances forCan Tho to introduce the nation and people of Vietnam and Can Tho in particularto foreign friends.

On the occasion, the Can ThoCentre for Trade Promotion-Investment and Exhibition will hold a safe farmproduce fair from August 20-24 with about 300 booths to boost trade on theproducts.-VNA

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