The Philippines plays host again to a world event where no less than political leaders from 20 countries and international groups are coming to attend. Fifteen months into office, President Rodrigo Duterte will have this opportunity to show Filipino hospitality even to its worst critics abroad.
With Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau heading to Vietnam next month for the 2017 APEC meetings, and given the possibility he may meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the summit, some in Canada are expressing hope that he will raise the issue of human rights and also that of a Vancouver woman detained in China.
Vietnam needs experience shared by APEC member economies to promote financial inclusion, Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Thi Hong has said.
The exports of many of Vietnam’s key commodities, such as telephones and components, textiles, footwear, and agricultural and fishery products, have been greatly boosted thanks to the country’s efficient exploitation of major markets in APEC economies.
With the dust barely settled after the International Monetary Fund and World Bank raised hopes at their annual meetings in Washington, DC that a long-awaited growth revival is materialising, the global economy received more welcome news from the other side of the world affirming a turnaround.
Defence Minister General Ngo Xuan Lich and a Vietnamese delegation attended the 11th ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) that opened in Manila, the capital of Philippines on October 23.
Sen. Loren Legarda is confident that relations between the Philippines and the European Union (EU) will remain strong despite the latest tirades of President Duterte against its members.
Vietnam should put a special focus on traditional rice importers in Asia to ensure the country’s rice trade stability in the long run, said Huynh Minh Hue, secretary general of the Vietnam Food Association (VFA), at a conference in HCMC on October 17 on the rice export strategy for 2017-2020 period.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
