President Tran Dai Quang partly attributed the success of the 2017 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Meeting to contributions by 35 domestic and foreign special, main and co-sponsors.
Experts have stressed that the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum plays an increasingly important role in ensuring a global system of free, open and equal trade amid rising protectionism.
APEC 2017 events reflect Vietnam’s fast-tracking of innovation and inclusiveness and its efforts to bolster regional cooperation, according to an article recently posted on The Malay Mail, an independent online Malaysian newspaper.
Japan has high expectation of the leadership of Vietnam as the host of the APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Meeting, and Japan, also an APEC member, will contribute to APEC discussions, a Japanese official has said.
Since Vietnam joined the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 1998, the forum has become an important force supporting the country’s economic reform and restructuring, growth model shift and global economic integration, including the entry to the World Trade Organisation.
The International Media Centre for the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week officially opened on October 28 in Da Nang city, serving domestic and international reporters to cover the event.
APEC Year 2017 is among focuses of Vietnam’s external activities in the context of intensive and extensive international integration, stated Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on December 9 while chairing the first press conference of Vietnam on the event.
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