Chairman of the Quang Nam People’s Committee Dinh Van Thu (Source: VNA) In a recent interview granted to Vietnam News Agency, Chairman of theprovincial People’s Committee Dinh Van Thu stressed that Quang Nam is ready forthe event, which will take place in Hoi An city from October 19-21 with theparticipation of over 350 delegates.
From last June, officials from the Ministry of Financeand the APEC 2017 Secretariat had working sessions with the province’s leaders andrelevant agencies, and made field trips to Hoi An to determine locations for theevent and sideline activities.
The locality’s representatives also worked with the National Committee on APEC 2017,the APEC 2017 Secretariat and relevant ministries and sectors on the work.
Attention was paid to improving infrastructure system, ensuring works relatingto logistics, security, health care, food safety and communications serving theevent, he said.
Thu added that the staff from local hotels and restaurants was providedtraining courses to better skills in service of international conferences.
Local agencies and press outlets have launched communication campaigns to raisepublic awareness of the event.
Regarding the locality’s efforts to foster multilateral foreign relations, Thusaid the work was performed in line with the Party’s guidelines, reapingimportant achievements across economy, politics and culture.
Quang Nam established friendship and cooperation with ten localities, includingLaos, Cambodia, Thailand, the Republic of Korea, France, and Japan. Thelocality has also cooperated with diplomatic agencies of foreign countries andinternational organisations in Vietnam such as the UNESCO, the World Bank, and theAsian Development Bank, and over 70 foreign non-governmental organisations(NGO).
The province is now home to 135 valid foreign-invested projects with aregistered capital totaling nearly 2 billion USD. It attracted about 40 millionUSD in official development assistance (ODA) capital and 10 million USD infinancial aid from NGOs for projects on infrastructure development, socialwelfare, and natural disaster adaptation.
International cultural events organised in Quang Nam contributed to introducingits potential and strengths for economic and tourism development.
Local authorities have worked closely with international organizations to manageand embellish world cultural heritages of Hoi An ancient town, My Son Holly Land,and the World Cu Lao Cham Biosphere Reserve, Thu noted.-VNA
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