Within the framework of the Second APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM2) at the National Convention Center (My Dinh, Hanoi), a series of meetings will take place from 09-15 May 2017. The Ministry of Science and Technology is assigned to act as a focal point, including the 10th Meeting of the APEC Science, Technology and Innovation Policy Mechanism (PPSTI-10) Food Safety (FSCF) and related meetings - a subgroup of the Standards and Conformance Sub-Committee (SCSC).

According to the agenda, APEC member economies will continue to exchange and update information on ongoing projects under the 2017 Work Plan approved by the APEC Economic Leaders Meeting. PPSTI meeting-9; Review of new PPSTI 2017 project proposals "Natural Disaster Response Science, Advancement of Science, Technology and Innovation in APEC"; And the Innovation Policy Sharing Workshop, which discussed the draft Policy Statement on Media Science for submission to APEC Leaders for approval in 2017. On the sidelines of the PPSTI-10 Main Session, The PPSTI and APEC Human Resource Development Group (HRDWG) meeting will take place; Linkage to the APEC 2017 Research and Technology Program (ART 2017) with the theme "APEC STI Platform: Policy Recommendations for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)" and Women's Workshop in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math (Women in STEM).

At the PPSTI-10 meeting, Vietnam is expected to present some content related to the APEC Science, Technology and Innovation 2017 (ASPIRE 2017), entitled " new materials ". According to the program, the ASPIRE 2017 award ceremony will be held within the framework of this PPSTI Group.

Under SOM2, the SCSC sub-committee will focus on Food Safety (FSCF), Wine Management (WRF), and E-Commerce Working Group.

The 6th Food Safety Conference and the Food Safety Control Workshop will focus on promoting standards and conformity assessment activities to promote trade facilitation. APEC. The WRF will focus on the Model Export Certificate approved by the Minister for Trade (MRT) in Peru in 2016 to eliminate the barriers. Technical barriers in the import and export of wine in the APEC region, the meeting also organized a roundtable discussion between management agencies, wine production enterprises and scientific research on harmony of love Technical requirements and methods of alcohol analysis, traceability systems, labeling, international standards on additives, etc. The SCSC Subcommittee meetings under the two SOMs will be a good opportunity to To review the results and the action programs that have been implemented in the past, to set out the contents, requirements for coordination and tri n implement in the near future in order to promote regional trade for sustainable growth and efficiency.

It is expected that the APEC SOM 2 Conference and related meetings will take place from May 9-21, 2017, to further promote the theme of APEC Year 2017 "Creating New Motivation, Accomplishing the Future Common ", implement the key cooperation components of APEC and the priorities adopted at SOM1; At the same time, unify the direction of the development of the documents submitted to the Senior Leaders (November 2017) and the Ministerial Conference in 2017.