The Bank for Investment and Development of Vietnam (BIDV) has pledged US$200,000 for the upcoming Asia-Pacific Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting and related events scheduled for November in Hanoi.

The final of the competition “Vietnamese students with APEC 14” will be held in central Hue city on November 5, with the participation of four winning teams from Hanoi, Hai Phong, Hue and Ho Chi Minh City.

Leaders of APEC economies will be presented with their own portraits, which are made of precious stones, when they gather in Vietnam in November.

The APEC film festival taking place in central Da Nang City between October 11-18 drew large attention of local movie lovers.

The Garment 10 Joint Stock Company said that it has made 3,500 shirts for reporters who are accredited to cover the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting slated for November.

With the APEC meeting being less than a month away, Hanoi police called a meeting on October 19 which included officers from 16 northern provinces and cities to discuss measures to ensure total control of the security situation.

Many senior officials from APEC member economies agreed that Vietnam has become a potential tourism market in the world.

Ford Vietnam Motor Company on October 17 delivered 20 Ford Mondeos 2.5L and six Ford Transits to the National Committee for APEC to serve the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting slated for November in Hanoi.

The 4th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting (TMM) approved the Hoi An Declaration on Promoting APEC Tourism Cooperation at its closing session in central Quang Nam province on October 17.

The 4th APEC Tourism Ministerial Meeting opened in the ancient town of Hoi An of central Quang Nam province on October 17 under the theme “Promoting APEC Tourism Cooperation for Common Prosperity”.