Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Bui Ba Bong is attending the first ministerial meeting on food security of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) that opened in Niigata prefecture, Japan , on October 16.
The meeting, initiated by Japan, aims to build and strengthen cooperative ties on food and agricultural policies.
The two-day meeting, attended by , the 21 APEC member economies, is to produce a ministerial declaration and an action plan aimed at preventing food shortages, according to Kyodo News.
Key items on the agenda of the meeting are sustainable development of the agricultural sector and the facilitation of investment, trade and markets.
Participants will also discuss how to cope with climate change and natural disasters, Kyodo added.
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