Economic leaders attend the APEC Summit

Leaders of member economies attended the APEC Summit this morning, the most important event of the APEC Summit week held in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Key themes of the first closed session: Innovative growth, inclusive development and sustainable jobs.

President Tran Dai Quang speaks.

"APEC has demonstrated its dynamism, adaptability and transformation to become the leading regional economic forum, demonstrating its leadership role in addressing urgent global challenges," said the President.

Meeting room of APEC economic leaders.

Chinese President Xi Jinping

US President Donald Trump

Head of the delegation, Taipei, China, Song Chu Yu

South Korean President Moon Jae-in

Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto

Thai Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong.

Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill.

Peruvian President Pablo Kuczynski.

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak

Indonesian President Joko Widodo

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern

Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China Carrie Lam

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet

Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah enters the hall and shakes hands with President Tran Dai Quang.

Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah.

Leaders of 21 economies took a group photo at the official welcoming ceremony on the evening of November 10. Photo: Quynh Tran.

The 25th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting (APEC Summit) took place this morning. 21 economic leaders are scheduled to meet behind closed doors in two sessions. President Tran Dai Quang chaired and held a press conference on the results of the meeting.

The event took place in the context that leaders attending the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) meeting reached some framework agreements on TPP 11, after the US withdrew from the original agreement.

Earlier, the President and his wife hosted the official welcoming ceremony for APEC leaders at a coastal hotel in Da Nang. After the welcoming ceremony and group photo, the leaders attended a reception and enjoyed an art program to welcome the APEC Summit.

Today is the last day of the APEC 2017 Summit Week (November 6-11) held in Da Nang, Vietnam. Many events were held during the week such as the APEC Concluding Senior Officials Meeting (CSOM), the Vietnam Business Summit (VBS), the APEC Business Advisory Council (ABAC), the Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM), and the CEO Summit.

Vietnam also handed over the role of hosting APEC 2018 to Papua New Guinea today. President Tran Dai Quang will hold an international press conference that afternoon.

According to VNE