APEC summit wraps up in Bali

Addressing the sessions, President Truong Tan Sang underscored that connectivity had become essential for intra-bloc co-operation during the 21st century following the trend of globalization, the strong development of innovation-oriented and digital technologies as well as the rapid expansion of the global supply chain.

Viet Nam, said State President Sang supported the early approval and implementation of APEC's Supply Chain Connectivity Framework, focusing on practical necessary areas, especially connectivity through investment and funding for infrastructure, facilitating travel in the fields of labor, education, tourism, and increasing contributions by business community.

State President Sang also asked APEC to support ASEAN's goal of building an economic community by 2015, collaborate in implementing ASEAN's projects on infrastructure, supply chain connectivity, trade facilitation, food security and small- and medium-sized enterprises.

"Viet Nam is fully aware of the importance of food security, water resources and energy, and has been actively participating in co-operation at all levels globally, inter-regionally, regionally as well as bilaterally," Sang said, adding that Viet Nam would continue to contribute to APEC's joint efforts.

The meeting officially closed after issuing a joint declaration on "Resilient Asia-Pacific, Engine of Global Growth" and a statement supporting a multilateral trading system and the ninth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization./.

By Kim Loan