Health issues to heat up APEC SOM 3 agenda on August 22
APEC health officials are expected to have a hectic day in Ho Chi Minh City on August 3 with two policy dialogues and one meeting of the Health Working Group.
Scene from a meeting of the APEC Health Working Group (Photo: apec2017.vn)
HCM City(VNA) – Health officials from the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) areexpected to have a hectic day in Ho Chi Minh City on August 22 with two policydialogues and one meeting of the Health Working Group (HWG). One policydialogue will focus on accelerating action on tuberculosis (TB) and multi-drug resistant tuberculosis (MDR TB) and the other will deal with promoting healthy aging andnon-communicable diseases (NCD) control for a healthy Asia - Pacific region. At the same time, theHWG Meeting will enter the second working day after completing a lot of workon August 21.
The IntellectualProperty Rights Experts Group, the Investment Experts’ Group, the EmergencyPreparedness Working Group, the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Working Group,the Mobility Group and the Electronic Commerce Steering Group-Data PrivacySubgroup will also meet on August 22.
Besides, APECofficials will mull over other issues ♓relating to customs procedures,🌄 trade andinvestment, chemicals, standards and conformance, and the services sector.
In the Mekong Deltacity of Can Tho, APEC officials will continue with the Policy Partnership onFood Security Meeting and the Ocean and Fisheries Working Group Meeting. The APEC exhibition onagriculture and advanced agro-production technologies is still underway in thecity.-VNA
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Scene from a meeting of the APEC Health Working Group (Photo: apec2017.vn) 
