The 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM 14) and the APEC Week have concluded successfully and APEC leaders and foreign friends have praised Vietnam’s role as the host of AEML 14 and related meetings, State President Nguyen Minh Triet announced at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 19.
The 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, a long awaited event of the APEC Year 2006, opened in Hanoi on November 18. Among issues to be discussed and approved at the meeting, the Hanoi Action Plan is expected to chart a new course of development for APEC member economies and businesses in the coming years.
Party leader Nong Duc Manh, State President Nguyen Minh Triet and Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung received and held talks with Brunei's Sultan, RoK President, Australian Prime Minister, New Zealand Prime Minister, Canadian Prime Minister in Hanoi on November 17.
The 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) and APEC related-activities have attracted the attention of the Vietnamese people and countries in the Asia-Pacific region, as well as politicians in France and over European countries. At the opening of an exhibition on Vietnam in the Chevilly-Larue city in the south of Paris, France recently, Mayor of the city, Christian Hervy, granted an exclusive interview with VOV reporter on the great event.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet has called on businesses from the Asia-Pacific region to come and invest in Vietnam - a dynamic, peaceful and open country and a potential destination for all to do business.
Vietnam has made special efforts to ensure the success of the 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting - the biggest event it has ever hosted, China Radio International said on November 15.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem announced the successful results of the meeting at a press briefing in Hanoi on November 16. He said APEC ministers focused their discussion on the resumption of the Doha Development Agenda negotiations, APEC structural reform, anti-corruption, disaster preparedness and the fight against bird flu.
The 4th APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) concluded its meeting on November 16 after two days’ sitting. In 2007, ABAC will continue to give priority to small-and medium-sized enterprises.
Cooperation among APEC member economies has showed encouraging developments in both content and scale. Cooperation programmes have been well implemented, which reflects the importance of APEC to the economy of the region and each member, says Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Gia Khiem.
Vietnam considers foreign businesses as an indispensable part of the Vietnamese economy. The Vietnamese government and local administrations are willing and ready to help investors do business in the country, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
APEC plays an important role in Vietnam’s economic development as it makes up 70 percent of the country’s exports and 73 percent of total foreign direct investment, says Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Nearly 40 foreign ministers from APEC member economies attended a closed-door session of the 18th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM) in Hanoi on November 15 to discuss practical measures to strengthen the multilateral trade system including resuming the Doha talks.
State President Nguyen Minh Triet welcomed delegates to the fourth APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in Hanoi on November 14 and urged them to make further contributions to building APEC into a dynamic community for sustainable development and prosperity.
The Doha round, the Hanoi Action Plan on the Busan Roadmap to Achieve the Bogor Goals, APEC reform package and decisive policies to make APEC more dynamic are important issues which were considered by APEC senior officials for approval, says Permanent Deputy Foreign Minister and Chair of Senior Officials Meeting (SOM) Le Cong Phung.
Since its inception in November 1995, the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) has participated in all APEC meetings to enhance its role in the grouping, president of ABAC 2006 Hoang Van Dung told VOVNews in a recent interview prior to the ABAC Conference in Hanoi this week.
The current Concluding Senior Officials’ Meeting (CSOM) began a plenary session on November 13 with a focus on trade and investment liberalisation and facilitation, economic and technical cooperation, human security and other important issues.
Currently, 16 out of 21 APEC member economies are investing in 5,681 valid projects with a total registered capital of more than US$41.7 billion, accounting for 73 percent of total foreign investments in Vietnam.
Senior officials of member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum (APEC) convened the Concluding Senior Officials' Meeting (CSOM) at the National Conference Centre in Hanoi on November 12. This activity is a start of a host of events to take place during the 14th APEC Economic Leaders' Week from November 12-19.
The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union of Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi, has launched a week-long campaign of wearing ao dai (traditional long dress of Vietnamese women) among the union's women members to welcome the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting.
It is undeniable that many APEC member economies have become Vietnam’s leading partners in terms of trade, investment and ODA funding. They have been and will be Vietnam’s important partners, said State President Nguyen Minh Triet at a recent interview granted to media workers prior to the 14th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.
The International Media Centre (IMC) of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) officially opened in Hanoi on November 10. As many as 2,000 local and foreign correspondents will gather there next week to cover APEC activities.
