President Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the meeting. Photo: VNA

President Phuc addressed the third meeting of the APEC Business Advisory Council in Quang Ninh province on Wednesday, which gathered 150 representatives from the 17 APEC economies.

The President called on delegates to raise many new initiatives and solutions to boost trade and investment in APEC with the central role played by the World Trade Organisation (WTO), support enterprises to maintain operations on digital platforms, using green technologies, and foster cooperation in clean, renewable energy, and greenhouse gas emission reduction in the region.

“Vietnam always supports and promotes the Aotearoa Plan of Action, which brings to life the APEC Vision 2040,  as well as the APEC Joint Declaration adopted in Vietnam in 2017, themed “Creating New Dynamism, Fostering a Shared Future. We highly value and back initiatives and recommendations of ABAC to be sent to APEC leaders during the upcoming dialogue. Your participation here carry an incentivizing message for Vietnam as a destination of peace, safety and full of cooperation opportunities,” President Phuc said.