580 delegates participate in APEC activities

Thứ Ba, 21/02/2017, 08:33
On February 20, more than 580 delegates from APEC member economies joined activities and events covering a variety of fields fields within the first APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) in the southern province of Khanh Hoa’s Nha Trang city.

The events consist of activities of eight working groups and sub-committees, including the APEC Human Resource Development Working Group (HRDWG), Business Mobility Group (BMG), Anti-Corruption and Transparency Experts’ Working Group (ACTWG), Sub-Committee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC), and Sub-Committee on Customs Procedures (SCCP).

580 delegates participate in APEC activities.

The Vietnam delegation from the Government Inspectorate, Vietnam Customs and General Department for Standard and Quality Measurement attended and addressed the events.

Leaders of other ministries and agencies also show strong performance and the host of the events.

Vietnam shared the outcomes of some initiatives, including a project to boost trade and investment liberation on promising technology and scientific products

The ACTWG adopted operation programme and priorities for 2017, while SCSC members discussed the progress of an action plan on backing trade as well as initiatives and projects in policy harmony to international standards, infrastructure development, food safety, and education standards.

Members of the HRDWG debated the operation plan in 2017, as well as strategic plans in the future, while re-evaluate the effectiveness of the group in the past year.

They agreed upon the need for human resources development cooperation of the APEC in 2017, consented to hold a policy dialogue on human resource training in digital era in Hanoi in May.


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