APEC's informal SOM in December 2016. (Source: VNA) Khanh Hoa (VNA) – Fresh flowers, colourful decorations andthe APEC logo can be seen everywhere these days in Nha Trang city, the centralprovince of Khanh Hoa, as the first official event in 2017 of the Asia-PacificEconomic Cooperation (APEC) forum is set to open here on February 18.
The first Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) of APEC in 2017 and relatedmeetings will take place in Nha Trang from February 18 to March 3, with theparticipation of delegates from APEC’s 21 member economies.
A total of 56 meetings will be held over the course of two weeks by 38APEC committees and working groups in various aspects.
To serve the activities, the APEC 2017 national committee and the hostprovince have selected five top hotels in Nha Trang as venues for the meetings,which are the Sheraton, the Yasaka, the Vinpearl Land, the Sunrise and the LibertyCentral.
With more than 1,500 delegates staying in the city for half a month,this is the first large-scale event hosted by Nha Trang city. Local authoritieshave made preparations for the event for several months, spending 3.4 billionVND (nearly 150,000 USD) on upgrading infrastructure and arranging security andlogistics services.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Bac, whois also vice chairman of Khanh Hoa’s guiding committee for organising APEC activities,said all preparations have been completed on February 16.
To show the local hospitality, the province has also arranged sight-seeingtours for delegates and selected the local famous aloes wood and swallow’snests as gifts for them.
Bac said the event provides a precious opportunity for the province toadvertise its potentials and strengths. The provincial authorities haverequested for bilateral meetings with representatives from big APEC economiessuch as the US, Russia, China, the RoK and Japan, with the aim of expanding contactswith the foreign business circle.-VNA
The first Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 1) of APEC in 2017 and relatedmeetings will take place in Nha Trang from February 18 to March 3, with theparticipation of delegates from APEC’s 21 member economies.
A total of 56 meetings will be held over the course of two weeks by 38APEC committees and working groups in various aspects.
To serve the activities, the APEC 2017 national committee and the hostprovince have selected five top hotels in Nha Trang as venues for the meetings,which are the Sheraton, the Yasaka, the Vinpearl Land, the Sunrise and the LibertyCentral.
With more than 1,500 delegates staying in the city for half a month,this is the first large-scale event hosted by Nha Trang city. Local authoritieshave made preparations for the event for several months, spending 3.4 billionVND (nearly 150,000 USD) on upgrading infrastructure and arranging security andlogistics services.
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Bac, whois also vice chairman of Khanh Hoa’s guiding committee for organising APEC activities,said all preparations have been completed on February 16.
To show the local hospitality, the province has also arranged sight-seeingtours for delegates and selected the local famous aloes wood and swallow’snests as gifts for them.
Bac said the event provides a precious opportunity for the province toadvertise its potentials and strengths. The provincial authorities haverequested for bilateral meetings with representatives from big APEC economiessuch as the US, Russia, China, the RoK and Japan, with the aim of expanding contactswith the foreign business circle.-VNA
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