President Tran Dai Quang and his spouse chaired a rehearsal of activities of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week (AELW) in Da Nang on Sunday.

President Tran Dai Quang (centre) participating in the rehearsal (Photo: VNA)

Scenarios for activities of the President and his spouse, including the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting, the APEC Business Summit, the dialogue between APEC economic leaders and the APEC Business Advisory Council, an official welcome ceremony and banquet, and international press conferences were rehearsed at scheduled venues.

They also inspected venues for bilateral high-level meetings and activities for spouses of APEC leaders.

Currently, hotels, convention centres, international media centre, and other major venues are ready for the international large-scale event.

At a meeting following the rehearsal, the State leader lauded the APEC 2017 National Committee, sub-committees, authorities of the Da Nang and Quang Nam Province, ministries, government agencies, localities and businesses for actively preparing for the APEC Viet Nam Year 2017, especially AELW scheduled for 6-11 November.

He said all APEC leaders affirmed their upcoming presence at AELW, which reflects Viet Nam’s prestige and member economies’ trust in the success of the event.

Due to complicated security developments in the region and the world, particularly Southeast Asia, he asked for ensuring the most absolute safety to guests.

He asked the Foreign Ministry to partner with units concerned, especially in hotels, to ensure the best services to guest leaders.

The Public Security-Health Care Sub-Committee and agencies concerned were required to complete their plans for the event with back-up measures for contingency cases.

The reception, materials and logistics sub-committees, and the APEC 2017 National Secretariat must complete and update scenarios to the detail.

AELW with major events in Da Nang and Quang Nam Province is an external focus of Viet Nam between now and 2020.

Viet Nam is expected to welcome a total of around 10,000 delegates, including leaders of the 21 APEC member economies, over 2,000 leading corporate executives and nearly 3,000 reporters in the region and the world.

(Source: VNA/ DA NANG Today)