International press continued to praise the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which took place in Da Nang city on November 6-11, and Vietnam as the host. (Photo:VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Internationalpress continued to praise the 2017 APEC Economic Leaders’ Week, which tookplace in Da Nang city on November 6-11, and Vietnam as the host.
The Kuwait Times, Arab Times and The TimesKuwait in English alongside Alari and Aljarida Alanbaa Ah in Arabian hadarticles highlighting APEC leaders’ appeal for a common vision and actions tomaintain APEC as a key driver of regional and global economic growth andintegration, an incubator of ideas for future economic cooperation and acoordinating mechanism of trade agreements.
The newspapers lauded Vietnam’s success asthe host of the event and the country’s achievements in recent years, saying itis among the fastest growing economies in the region.
Singapore’s New Straits Times ran theheadline “A new dawn for Asia-Pacific trade” last week, saying the APEC summitbrought renewed optimism for Asia-Pacific economies with 2018 fast approaching.
APEC leaders have taken important stepstoward aligning their ideas for making trade between member economies workbetter in the common pursuit of growth and job creation, per the article.
“To this end,they agreed to better position people and businesses across the Asia-Pacific tonavigate complex shifts in the regional and global landscapes, building on thehalf century of progress achieved through cooperation between APEC economiesthat is well-suited for today’s new realities”, the article said.
After three decades ofefforts by APEC economies to enhance their connectivity and trade-drivengrowth, a billion people have been lifted out of poverty in places like China,Mexico, Thailand and Vietnam, and into the middle class, it added.
APEC leaders havepositioned the region to lead the way in making room for innovation, digitallydriven trade and start-up promotion, with inroads in such areas in 2018 set tomake a real difference for the region, it noted.-VNA
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