VCCI to hold series of activities during APEC Vietnam Year
The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) will hold a series of activities during the Year of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017 hosted by Vietnam, heard a press conference in Hanoi on January 12.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) will hold aseries of activities during the Year of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation(APEC) 2017 hosted by Vietnam, heard a press conference in Hanoi on January 12.
They include theAPEC start-up forum slated for September in Ho Chi Minh City, events on thesidelines of the APEC Small and Medium Enterprises Ministerial Meeting and the fourthmeeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC) in Da Nang from November4-7, the APEC Business Summit with Vietnam in Da Nang on November 8, the APECCEO Summit in Da Nang on November 8-10, and a dialogue between leaders of APECeconomies and ABAC members.
With more than20 major activities and 159 APEC meetings to be held in eight cities andprovinces, the Vietnamese businesses will have chances to seek foreignpartners, deeply join the global manufacturing chain and introduce products tokey partners and the world’s leading corporations.
Permanent deputyhead of the APEC Vietnam Secretariat Nguyen Minh Vu said the APEC Vietnam Year2017 is a diplomatic of Vietnam’s external activities until 2025, making iteasier to popularise domestic businesses, localities and people to friends inthe region and the world.
Within theframework of the APEC 2017, the VCCI-hosted events will enable APEC leaders toshare global business trends and their insight into APEC member states’business climate.
The VCCI willalso instruct localities to outline sets of papers to attract investment duringthe APEC Business Summit with Vietnam which is expected to be held annually inthe country from next year.
In order topromote Vietnamese businesses’ involvement in APEC Year 2017, Vu suggested themattend the APEC Business Summit, the ABAC dialogue with leaders, and a summiton Vietnamese economy, thereby tapping maximum support from APEC’s supportprogramme, including the APEC business travel card, the Boracay Action Agendato Globalise Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises between now and 2020, abusiness training programme in specific fields, especially safety in exports.-VNA
Member ministries, sectors and localities of the National Committee for APEC 2017 were urged to enhance coordination and information sharing to ensure the success of the APEC Year in Vietnam in 2017.
The sixth session of the national committee for APEC 2017 was held in Hanoi on Dec. 21, reviewing its activities in 2016 and discussing focus in the first half of 2017.
A poster contest on the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Year 2017 which will be hosted by Vietnam next year, was officially launched on December 30.
Vietnam had a successful year in diplomacy in 2016, with its political stability and development potential continually spotlighted and its relations and diverse cooperation with other countries and partners deepened, stated the Foreign Ministry’s Spokesperson Le Hai Binh.
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Overview of the press conference (Photo: VNA) 
