APEC leaders recently adopted the APEC Vision 2040, and Vietnam will actively contribute to its realisation to help build an open, dynamic, resilient, and peaceful Asia-Pacific community, according to Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son.
Malaysia said on October 26 it will host the first ever virtual meeting of leaders from Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies in November due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deputy Secretary General of the Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry Norazman Ayob has stressed that the APEC Post-2020 Vision should ensure further success of Bogor Goals towards sustainable development and shared prosperity.
The Malaysian Ministry of International Trade and Industry (MITI) held the Informal Senior Officials’ Meeting (ISOM) of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2020 in Langkawi, Malaysia on December 9.
Twenty one member economies of the Asia – Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum have voiced their support for free trade in the context that global economy is being affected by the US-China trade war.
Chilean Foreign Minister Roberto Ampuero Espinoza called on members of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum to pursue comprehensive, inclusive and stable economic growth at an APEC Vision Group meeting in his country’s capital Santiago on March 4.
Indonesia’s Antara News has recently published an article saying the support and active participation of APEC member economies as well as regional and international organisations in the freshly-concluded APEC Economic Leaders’ Week will be a lever for Vietnam to promote its “soft power.”
The APEC Economic Leaders on November 11 adopted the Da Nang Declaration, affirming their determination to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism into APEC cooperation.
The Vietnamese leader stressed asked APEC to affirm and uphold its leadership in seeking new drivers for growth, to contribute to a peaceful, stable, dynamic, interconnected and prosperous region.
The 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting on November 11 is an important event within the framework of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week underway in the central city of Da Nang.
Impressive economic growth, political stability, military strength, and increased prestige in the international arena have put Vietnam in the centre of a new economic structure of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, said a Russia expert.
The APEC 2017 CEO Summit, themed “Creating New Dynamism and Fostering a Shared Future” opened in the central city of Da Nang on November 8 as part of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week.
Asian-Pacific economies should establish an agenda with strategies on what they can do together to help the region continue to be the main driver in realising the Bogor Goals.
Dr. Alan Bollard, Executive Director of the APEC Secretariat, has highlighted Vietnam's role and contributions as well as its hallmarks in hosting the APEC Year for the second time in an interview granted to the Vietnam News Agency. Following is the full text of the interview.
Cambodia’s daily Kampuchea Thmey (New Cambodia) on November 3 ran an article saying APEC 2017 activities will contribute to affirming the increasingly important role of the forum and the position of Vietnam in regional and global governance.
Vietnam is a proactive member economy with a line-up of initiatives and significant contributions to regional and global cooperation mechanisms like the World Trade Organisation (WTO), APEC and ASEAN.
APEC forum can adapt to complex trading environments since the organisation is a purely voluntary and flexible pact, said Executive Director Alan Bollard.
Over nearly three decades, APEC member economies' cooperation has brougt benefits to the Asia-Pacific region, and each economy has contributed to APEC's common goals of building a dynamic and harmonious Asian-Pacific community.
Nearly 100 delegates from 21 APEC member economies discussed best practices sharing of standards and conformity assessment implementation on smart cities in the region at a workshop in HCM City on August 18.
Instead of waiting, the APEC forum should take the initiative in shaping its future, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son – Chairman of APEC Senior Officials’ Meetings 2017 (SOM).
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