Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc

Vietnam has attended almost all important G20 conferences this year, such as ministers’ meetings on diplomacy, finance, banking, agriculture, education, healthcare, the digital economy, labour-employment, the environment, energy, trade, and tourism, as well as senior officials’ meetings and meetings of specialised working groups.

PM Phuc attended the virtual Special G20 Summit on COVID-19 response on March 26, thereby affirming Vietnam and ASEAN’s contributions to common global efforts to fight the pandemic while also conveying a message about Vietnam’s determination and the outcomes of its own efforts.

At the upcoming summit, G20 leaders will look into cooperation regarding the pandemic, trade, investment, the digital economy, and sustainable development.

The PM will attend and speak at discussions on overcoming the pandemic, growth recovery and employment, and building sustainability, inclusiveness, and resilience.

Regarding the upcoming visit to Vietnam by US National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien, from November 20-22, Hang said the visit is made on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Vietnam-US diplomatic ties.

O’Brien is due to meet leaders of several ministries and agencies to discuss issues relating to the bilateral relationship as well as regional and global issues of shared concern.

PM to attend online APEC Summit this week

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the 27th Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit to be held virtually on November 20, at the invitation of his Malaysian counterpart Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.

The APEC with 21 member economies is the leading economic cooperation mechanism in Asia and the Pacific, where major economic, trade and technology centers around the world converge, accounting for 39% of the population, contributing 59% of GDP, and over 49% of world trade.

Viet Nam became an official member of the APEC in November, 1998. The nation is among the few APC members to have hosted APEC summits twice, in 2006 and 2017.

APEC is a forum gathering 14 of 30 strategic partners, comprehensive partners and the most important economic and trade partners of Viet Nam, which account for 75% of export turnover, 78% of total direct investment and 79% of international tourists in Viet Nam.

In addition, 14 out of 16 free trade agreements (FTAs) that Viet Nam has signed or is negotiating, concerns 17 APEC members./.VNA/VGP