The meetings will be attended by 1,500 delegates from 21 member
economies of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, the
Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, the APEC Business
Consultation Council, and some international and regional organisations
along with business representatives.
The events will comprise 56 meetings, workshops and dialogues of 38 APEC
committees and working groups across many fields like trade and
investment liberalisation, business facilitation, natural disaster
response, human resources development, education, businesspeople travel
facilitation, ocean and fishing, e-commerce and services.
Under the theme of “Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future,”
delegates are expected to discuss and reach agreement on priorities and
their contents for the 2017 APEC Year on promoting sustainable,
inclusive and innovative growth, regional economic connectivity, and the
competitiveness of small-and medium-sized enterprises and
microenterprises in the digital era.
Food security, sustainable agriculture, and climate adaptation are also on the agenda of the meetings.
The delegates will also decide priorities for four committees on
commerce, investment, economy, economic-technical cooperation, budget,
management and for other working groups of APEC. They will outline
orientations for APEC activities this year.
As Chairman of APEC Senior Officials’ Meetings in 2017, Vietnamese
Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son will preside over the SOM1 and the
meeting of Chairman’s Friends Meeting on connectivity.
Vietnam’s 13 ministries and agencies will preside over or assume
chairmanship and vice chairmanship of committees and working groups of
APEC.
On the occasion, the APEC Finance Central Bank Deputies’ Meeting will also be held in Nha Trang.
Nha Trang to host 2017’s first APEC Senior Officials Meeting
The first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM1) and
related meetings in 2017 will be organised in Nha Trang city, the south
central province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.
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