(VOVworld) – Nha Trang city in Khanh Hoa province will host the 1st Senior Officials Meeting (SOM1) and related meetings of Vietnam’s APEC Year 2017. SOM1 will consist of 80 meetings from February 18 to March 3 involving some 2,500 delegates.

(VOVworld) – Deputy Minister of Public Security Bui Van Nam has worked with Quang Nam authorities to assure security for APEC 2017 activities in Hoi An city.

(VOVworld)-APEC is still a distance away from achieving its goal of free and open trade, but economic integration should continue to remain the 21-member forum's priority, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry, Lim Hng Kiang, said on Monday.

(VOVworld)- The first Senior Officials’ Meeting of APEC (SOM1) and related meetings in 2017 will be organised in Nha Trang city, the south central province of Khanh Hoa, from February 18 to March 3.

(VOVworld) – Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired the 6th meeting of the National Committee for APEC 2017 to review its activities in 2016 and work on tasks for 2017.

(VOVworld) – The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and related meetings will be held in November, 2017, in Vietnam’s central city of Da Nang.

(VOVworld) – President Tran Dai Quang and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation left Lima, Peru on Sunday, ending a successful trip to APEC 2016.

(VOVworld) – Vietnam is greatly aware of strategic and economic significance of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and so hosting the 2017 APEC Summit successfully will be the focus of Vietnam’s foreign policy.

(VOVworld) – The Ministry of Culture has launched a logo design contest for the APEC summit to open in Hanoi next year. The contest, organised by the Department of Fine Arts, Photography, and Exhibition under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, is open for both professional and amateur artists nationwide.

(VOVworld) – The National Committee for APEC 2017 held its year-end meeting on Friday in Hanoi to review its activities in 2015.