It will take place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s most bustling economic hub on November 21-22, 2014.
Germanenterprises see APK as their most important meeting where they makeexchanges and promote trade with regional firms, economic experts, andpoliticians, said the German Industry and Commerce Vietnam (GIC).
According to the GIC, Vietnam’s robust economic growth posted in recent years has drawn much attention from German businesses.
Lastyear, Vietnam’s exports to Germany increased 9.9 percent while itsimports from the western country were up 27.7 percent.
The event will offer opportunities for Vietnamese businesses to workwith German peers to figure out ways to increase the two countries’bilateral trade and seek investment partnerships.
APK will be co-organised by the Worldwide Network of German Chambers ofCommerce (AHKs), the Asia-Pacific Committee of German Business, and theGerman Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).
The large-scale biennial APK was first held in 1986. The last APKtook place in India, drawing the participation of more than 730 seniorofficials from Asian-Pacific countries.-VNA