VOV.VN - The 29th APEC Ministerial Meeting (AMM), which closed on November  9 morning after 3 sessions, has approved four documents for submission to the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week. 

VOV.VN - APEC Park was officially inaugurated in central city of Da Nang on November 9 in the presence of Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh and other delegates.

The UK’s Financial Times on November 8 published an article lauding preparations for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week by Vietnam and the central city of Da Nang in particular. 

Russia supports the formation of a Free Trade Area of the Asia-Pacific (FTAAP), President Vladimir Putin affirmed in an article posted on the Kremlin’s website on November 8 on the threshold of the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in Vietnam’s Da Nang city.

The APEC economies should create conditions for people who lose jobs due to automated manufacturing to move to other areas where they will work at their homes or on e-commerce platforms, said Victoria Kwakwa, Vice President of the World Bank.

Talks on pushing ahead the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) deal without the US reached an upbeat point, Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh said at the TPP Ministerial Meeting which opened in the central coastal city of Da Nang on November 9.

VOV.VN - Ten APEC delegates began to arrive at Danang International Airport from 9am on November 9 to attend APEC 2017 Economic Leaders’ Week.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Hun Sen will attend the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting in the central city of Da Nang on November 10 at the invitation of Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang.

Deepening cooperation in trade and investment among APEC economies to oppose protectionism is of particular significance in today’s context, said Professor Liu Ying from Chongyang Institute for Financial Studies, Renmin University of China.

Minister of Information and Communications Truong Minh Tuan on November 8 asked telecom providers to increase internet speeds in order to facilitate the media covering the APEC Economic Leaders’ Week events.