APEC delegates pose for group photo (Photo: VNA)Khanh Hoa (VNA) – On March 1, the first APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) andrelated meetings entered the 12th working day - the last working dayof APEC committees before SOM1 begins its two-day gathering on March 2.
As scheduled,there will be three meetings of APEC committees on March 1, including the SOMSteering Committee on ECOTECH (SCE) Meeting, the SOM Friends of the Chair(FotC) on Connectivity and the Policy Support Unit (PSU) Meeting.
In the afternoon, APEC Secretariat Executive DirectorDr Alan Bollard and APEC Policy Support Unit Director Dr Denis Hew will have ameeting with the media to share their views on the context for the SOM1 and discuss the outlook for policycollaboration between Vietnam and other APEC economies movingforward.
Being held in Nha Trang city, thesouth central coastal province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3, the APEC SOM1 and relatedmeetings consist of 56 meetings, workshops and dialogues of 38 APEC committeesand working groups.
Under the theme of “Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a SharedFuture,” the delegates have been discussing and reaching consensus on priorities and their contents for the 2017APEC Year on promoting sustainable, innovative and inclusive growth, regionaleconomic connectivity, competitiveness of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in the digital era, food security, and climatechange adaptation.
TheAPEC forum includes 21 member economies - Australia, Brunei, Canada,Chile, China, Hong Kong (China),Indonesia, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia,Mexico, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru, the Philippines,Russia, Singapore, Chinese Taipei, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam - which together account for 39 percent of theworld’s population and make up 59 percent of the world’s gross domestic product(GDP) and 48 percent of the global trade.-VNA
