(VOVworld) - Senior officials from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) member economies will gather at the Informal Senior Officials Meeting (ISOM) in Hanoi on Friday to discuss priorities and key activities for the 2017 APEC, to be hosted by Vietnam.
The meeting will include a workshop on priorities for the 2017 APEC Year where international organizations, scholars, and enterprises contribute their ideas on orientations for regional and international cooperation related to priorities proposed by Vietnam. A dialogue between AEPC and businesses will be held on the sidelines of the ISOM with the theme of creating new momentum to promote APEC growth and connection as a Vietnamese initiative.
The Informal Senior Officials Meeting is the most important and kicks off the APEC Year 2017. It will be chaired by Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and Senior Officials of APEC 2017.