Vietnam makes proactive contributions to APEC: official
Hanoi (VNA) - During the 24 years of its membership of the Asia-Pacific
Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum,
Vietnam has made active and proactive contributions to the forum, thus helping promote regional peace,
stability, cooperation and economic linkage, according to Director of Multilateral Trade Policy Department under Ministry
of Industry and Trade (MoIT) Luong Hoang Thai.
In
a recent interview granted to the Vienam News Agency, Thai said Vietnam successfully served as the host of APEC in 2006 and 2017, and contributions made by
Vietnam since 2017 are still considered important orientations for
APEC cooperation in recent years, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.
It proposed
more than 100 projects across fields. Many of the initiatives by Vietnam
have met common interests, especially in terms of sustainable and inclusive
development, human resources development in the digital era, promoting digital
economy, and facilitating cross-border e-commerce.
Thai said, APEC basically aims to trade and investment liberalisation, thereby boosting the economic growth of one of
the most dynamic regions.
Notably, Vietnam has
made specific contributions to promote programmes proposed by Thailand - the
host of APEC 2022, especially solutions to restore supply chains that have been
broken under the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as addressing post-pandemic
difficulties.
To promote energy transition and application of green and clean technology to
balance economic development and maintain environmental protection and respond
to climate change, Vietnam has joined other countries in sketching out specific
cooperation frameworks, towards stable and sustainable development of the
region, he said.
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) are seen as important elements to promote
investment and trade liberalisation within APEC, and the MoIT has also
significantly contributed to forming FTAs, Thai noted.
The MoIT has always actively participated in business cooperation activities within
APEC and also taken specific initiatives in the framework of the cooperation
mechanism, he noted.
Vietnam is one of the countries active in proposing and implementing the initiative on trade
liberalisation in environmental
goods and services, thus contributing to joint cooperation
frameworks and programmes.
Vietnam and the MoIT
in particular have also joined other initiatives related to energy development, and seaport connection to facilitate the transport of goods in the region./.