The 14th G20 Summit opened in Osaka, Japan on the morning of June 28 with the participation of leaders from G20 economies and eight guest countries, as well as leaders of nine organisations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB).
The 14th G20 Summit opens in Osaka, Japan, on the morning of June 28 (Photo: VNA)
Osaka (VNA) – The 14th G20 Summit openedin Osaka, Japan, on the morning of June 28 with the participation of leadersfrom G20 economies and eight guest countries, as well as leaders of nineorganisations, including the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund (IMF)and the World Bank (WB).
Prime Minister of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended theevent as a guest.
In the first day, participants will discuss the globaleconomic, trade and investment issues during their lunch before joiningsidelines activities on digital economy.
They are scheduled to approve the formation of Osaka Track,a framework for multilateral discussions towards the building of regulations ondata management in the digital economy.
In the afternoon, they will discuss the topic of innovation.
The second day of the summit will start with a sidelineactivity on the strengthening of women’s role, during which relevantorganisations will give their proposals on women empowerment to G20 leaders.
After that, the delegations will have two discussions onsustainable development, and climate change, environment and energy.
The summit will wrap up on June 29 afternoon with theadoption of a joint statement. As the chair of the summit, Prime Minister ofJapan Shinzo Abe will preside over a press conference to inform the event’soutcomes.
A series of meetings among State leaders of G20 membereconomies and guest countries will be held.
Japanese PM Shinzo Abe is schedule to meet US PresidentDonald Trump on June 28, and Russian PM Vladimir Putin on June 29.
PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend all activities within the 14th G20 Summit. He will have meetings with the UN Secretary General, the ECPresident as well as his counterparts from Canada and Australia.
He will also have working sessions with the President of theAsian Development Bank and Japanese enterprises and organisations.
Following the summit, he will pay a visit to Japan from June30-July 1.-VNA
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his entourage left Hanoi on June 27 morning for Osaka, Japan to attend the G20 Summit and pay a visit to Japan from June 27 to July 1.
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Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and the Vietnamese Government delegation arrived at Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan, at 14:50pm (local time) on June 27, to attend the 14th G20 Summit and visit Japan at the invitation of his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has granted an interview to Japanese media on the occasion of his Japan visit and participation in the 14th G20 Summit at the invitation of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe from June 27 to July 1.
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The 14th G20 Summit opens in Osaka, Japan, on the morning of June 28 (Photo: VNA) 
