NHA TRANG – THE FIRST PLACE TO HOST APEC 2017 IN VIETNAM

On November 1, in Nha Trang City, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung led a delegation including representatives of subcommittees of the National Committee for APEC 2017 and had a working session with leaders of Khanh Hoa Province on preparing conditions in Nha Trang to organize a number of events within the framework of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) 2017 Submit in Vietnam.
Accordingly, the Government agreed to choose Nha Trang City to host the APEC first Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM1) from February 18, 2017 to March 3, 2017, including more than 80 large and small meetings with the attendance of about 2,500 delegates. This Submit is the first and official event of the APEC Year 2017 in Vietnam. In addition, the APEC Meeting of Deputy Finance Ministers and Deputy Governors of Central Banks will also take place in Nha Trang.
According to leaders of departments and branches of Khanh Hoa Province attending the meeting, Nha Trang City currently has enough infrastructure conditions to meet the requirements of organizing the above activities. The locality also hosted many important international events, so it accumulated a lot of experience in preparing and organizing events according to the requirements of the APEC 2017 Submit. However, the Central Government needs to soon have a detailed plan for Khanh Hoa to proactively implement specific tasks.
Mr. Nguyen Duy Bac – Vice Chairman of People’s Committee of Khanh Hoa Province said that the province will soon establish a local steering committee to deploy the works of content, material and logistics, reception, security and health, propaganda and culture synchronously, ensuring progress and quality according to the requirements of the Government and the National Committee for APEC 2017.