President Tran Dai Quang chairs the 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting

Under the theme “Creating new dynamism, fostering a shared future”, the meeting featured retreats, a ceremony to hand over the APEC Chairmanship to Papua New Guinea and an international press conference. 

After the welcome ceremony to APEC Economic Leaders, President Tran Dai Quang delivered a keynote speech to mark the opening of the 25th APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting.  President Quang said that APEC has shown its dynamism, adaptability and self-transformation to become the premier regional economic forum and a driver of global growth and integration.  On the regional and global landscape, he shared that within the past year, the world has witnessed changes more rapid and complex than expected. The world security and political situation has seen unstable developments. Regional economic integration has been impeded by global uncertainties facing free and open trade.

“This requires APEC to uphold its leadership in finding new drivers for growth, trade, investment, connectivity and ensure that benefits from globalization and economic integration are equally distributed.  Only by so doing, can we contribute to a peaceful, stable, dynamic, interconnected and prosperous Asia-Pacific”, the President stressed.

APEC Economic Leaders then proceeded with the first Retreat Session, under the theme of "Innovative Growth, Inclusion and Sustainable Employment in the Digital Age".  In the afternoon, the meeting will continue with the Second Retreat, under the theme of "New Drivers for Regional trade, Investment and Connectivity".  Between the two Retreat, APEC Economic Leaders will have a working lunch, discussing the topic of "Fostering a Shared Future".

At the end of the event, there will be a ceremony to hand over the APEC Chairmanship to Papua New Guinea and an international press conference on the Meeting.

Quynh Dan