President Tran Dai Quang (R) meets with President of the US National Centre for APEC Monica Whaley (Photo: VNA) President of the centre Monica Whaley spokeabout the work while meeting with President Tran Dai Quang in Hanoi on December9.
She said the centre will coordinate with Vietnamto host the summit to persuade business players to invest in the SoutheastAsian market.
Monica highly valued Vietnam’s priorities forthe APEC Year in 2017 and recalled the country’s successful organisation of theevent in 2006.
She also praised Vietnam’s active role andinvolvement in APEC cooperation progress.
She said the CEO Summit is an important event;hence, the direct interaction and discussion between leaders of membereconomies and businesses need due attention.
In turn, President Tran Dai Quang spoke highlyof the active engagement of the US National Centre in Vietnam’s activitiessince the country played the host of APEC 2006 for the first time.
He told the guest that APEC 2017 will take placein November in the central coastal city of Da Nang with a series of events suchas the 25th APEC Summit, the CEO Summit, and forums on trade and investmentpromotion and start-up.
As a partner of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerceand Industry, the US National Centre is expected to support and shareexperience with Vietnam to achieve a successful APEC Year, he said.
The Vietnamese State welcomes initiatives of thebusiness community to promote trade and investment in the region, he added.
He reiterated Vietnam’s wish to attract more USbusinesses to invest in the fields of infrastructure, high technology, energy,services, and enable micro and small-and medium-sized enterprises to join thetrans-national supply chains./.
