Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son
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Addressing the workshop held as part the 3rd APEC Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM 3), Deputy Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son said: “This is a key initiative by Vietnam which can meet the aspirations and draw the support of regional countries”.
Son told the workshop that globalization and free trade have significantly promoted world trade and growth, and reduced poverty, but income disparity seems to be widening. The 4th industrial revolution and digitization are creating great new development opportunities for APEC economies, he said.