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Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung received the newly-accredited Peruvian Ambassador to Vietnam, Augusto Morelli Salgado, on March 19.

One year after the US’s withdrawal from the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the remaining 11 Asia-Pacific countries, including Vietnam, have signed a new Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CP TPP) to remove tariff barriers in the region.

From 12 founding economies and after four rounds of enlargement, APEC now has 21 member economies.

Vietnam treasures and wishes to expand the friendship and multi-faceted cooperation with Peru, President Tran Dai Quang told Peruvian President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski in central Da Nang city on November 9.

Peru's Deputy Foreign Minister Nestor Popolizio has spoken highly of cooperation prospects between his country and Vietnam, especially when the two countries are the hosts of two APEC Years in a row.

Chief negotiators from the 11 remaining signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement started their three-day talks near Tokyo on October 30 to seek an agreement next week on the implementation of the pact without the US.

Maria Jose Lara, 27 years old from Peru, was crowned Miss Grand International 2017 in a ceremony held on Phu Quoc Island, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on October 25.

The first meeting of the Peru-Vietnam Inter-Governmental Committee on Economic Issues and Technical Cooperation took place in Lima, Peru, on October 23-24.

Negotiators from the 11 remaining signatories to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade pact will hold a three-day meeting near Tokyo next week in pursuit of an agreement by November, the Japanese government said on October 24.

The central coastal city of Da Nang has basically completed all necessary facilities serving the upcoming APEC Economic Leaders’ Week and related meetings to be held in the city from November 6-11.

Senior officials from the remaining 11 countries involved in the TPP are meeting in Australia to discuss measures to bring the agreement into effect as soon as possible.

The chief negotiators of the 11 Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) countries have agreed to aim to put the regional free trade deal into force under a new framework, following the withdrawal of the US, according Kyodo news.

A seminar was held in Hanoi on May 22 to discuss ways to support Vietnam’s role as coordinator of ASEAN’s relations with the Pacific Alliance (PA), thus strengthening cooperative ties between the two blocs and between Vietnam and the PA.

Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Malaysia, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam discussed the TPP on the margin of the 23rd Meeting of the APEC Ministers Responsible for Trade.

The Prime Minister has approved the establishment of two subcommittees with Peru and Uruguay to promote cooperation with the two nations.

President Tran Dai Quang sent condolences to his Colombian and Peruvian counterparts Juan Manual Santos Calderon and Pedro Pablo Kuczynski over the losses of lives and property in natural disasters.

On the sidelines of the 24th APEC High-level Week in Lima, Peru, President Tran Dai Quang on November 19 (local time) had a series of meetings with leaders of Asia-Pacific economies

Vietnamese President attends APEC High-Level Week

Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang had a busy day on November 19 (local time) hosting leaders of countries on the sidelines of the 24 th High-level Week of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation.

President Tran Dai Quang highlighted the comprehensive partnership between Vietnam and the US while addressing a workshop with the US – APEC Business Coalition in Lima, Peru, on November 18.