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Vietnam to host 19th AEM Retreat

The 19th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat and related meetings will be held in Vietnam’s capital city of Hanoi from March 7th to 10th .
The 19th ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM) Retreat and related meetingswill be held in Vietnam ’s capital city of Hanoi from March 7th to 10th.

At the 19th AEM Retreat, economic ministers from10 ASEAN member countries and the ASEAN Secretary General will focustheir discussions on important initiatives and concrete directions for2013 to boost the intra-regional economic integration and a visiontoward the establishment of the ASEAN economic community by 2015,according to the event’s official web http://aemretreat19.vn .

According to the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the 19th AEM Retreatwill be held along with the 3 rd ASEAN-EU Business Summit (AEBS), whichis expected to see the signing of a revised protocol on some of ASEANeconomic agreements relating to goods trading and another protocol onthe process of amendment or changing the reserved commitments.

Participants at the 3rd AEBS will discuss the formation of aprivate-public dialogue forum with the participation of ASEAN economicministers, the EU Trade High Commissioner, and business communities ofthe two regions. They will also table in-depth issues relating tobusiness operation, regulations as well as cooperation potentialbetween the two blocs.

On this occasion, the 12thAEM-EU Trade Commissioner Consultations will also be organised to putforth initiatives to strengthen economic cooperation, facilitate tradeand investment between the two regions.-VNA
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