APEC delegates have applauded Viet Nam’s idea of building an APEC Park on the occasion of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week when visiting the park located near the Han River in Da Nang.

“The APEC Park is a very good idea,” said Andi Dirgahayu Yudyachandra, a delegate from Indonesia.  This kind of park was also built in Manila during the APEC year in the Philippines.

People come here and they can understand more about the culture of each economy, he said.

He said he was impressed the most with Indonesia’s sculpture.  It is the idea of the Indonesian leader to help a sculpture made of aluminum which shows the characteristics of Indonesia.

Echoing the Indonesian delegate, Konstantin V. Vnukov from Russia said it is a good idea to create the park in one of the most beautiful cities in Viet Nam, and to invite members of APEC to present something, some kind of culture and meaningful things to this park.

“When we received the invitation, we immediately reacted very positively, and we had several ideas about the monument but one idea is the first man came to the outer space 60 years ago, so it reflects one of the ideas of APEC agenda,” he said.

This is about technology because Iuri Gagarin he went on a spaceship with high technology. It happens 60 years ago but is still very meaningful for the mankind to create technology.

Meanwhile, Rimbink Pato Obe, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade of Papua New Guinea, host of APEC 2018, said the idea of APEC Park demonstrates the unity of the APEC economies in economy, trade and investment.

“Trees planted here reflect that we stand together and grow together for the prosperity of our people, as we drive our agenda for development, for better quality of life and for better liberal trade,” he said.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)