PM demands quick, thorough preparations for APEC 2017
VGP – PM Nguyen Tan Dung has called for quick and thorough preparations for hosting APEC Year in 2017, especially hygiene, security and safety issues while attending the inauguration ceremony of the National Committee for APEC 2017 in Ha Noi on July 21.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung. Photo: VGP/Hai Minh |
During the APEC Year 2017, Viet Nam will host some 100 conferences, including 20 minsterial ones and APEC leaders Week with the participation of international friends and 1.000 business representatives from Asia-Pacific and other regions.
Based on such scale and importance, PM Dung asked for immediate deployment of working program right in 2016, in which tasks of the Committee and each Sub-Committee must be speficied.
The Government chief stressed that the host must prepare thoroughly, including agenda, protocol and logistics work in order to improve the position of APEC while diffusing the images, culture and people of Viet Nam-a dynamic country which has actively integrated into the global community.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung, Deputy PM, FM Pham Binh Minh and members of the National Committee for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum. Photo: VGP/Hai Minh |
PM Dung also ordered a master plan for information and communication for the whole APEC Year, in which diffusing the images, people, potentials ad advantages regarding economy and tourism of Viet Nam must be integrated.
APEC Year 2017 is a lynchpin of Viet Nam’s foreig policy towards 2020, a new step forward in the country’s international integration process, said PM Dung, adding that it is not merely a multilateral economic forum but also an opportunity for Viet Nam to deploy bilateral diplomatic activities.
The PM expressed his belief that Viet Nam will successfully organize the APEC Year 2017 thanks to its rich experiences of hosting various international confereces earlier, including the APEC Year 2006./.
By Hai Minh