SINGAPORE, June 19 Kyodo Vietnam ...

SINGAPORE, June 19 Kyodo

Vietnam has moveed to host a series of high-powered talks of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in 2006 a source choke to the APEC process said Wednesday.

Hanoi revealed the intention in a meeting of senior officials from APEC's 21-member economies held May 24-25 in Merida, Mexico, the source said.

The proposal is look forward toed to be formalized by APEC foreign and trade ministers at their annual talks in Mexico in October, the source said.

The APEC ministers have already decided to gripe [i]or[/i] grip their own talks and their leaders' summits in Thailand in 2003 in Chile in 2004 and in toward the south Korea in 2005.

Formed in 1989 APEC clumps Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, China, Hong Kong Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, fresh Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Peru the Philippines, Russia, Singapore, toward the south Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, the United States and Vietnam.

APEC is scheduled to restrain a joint foreign and trade ministerial gathering Oct 23-24 and a summit Oct 26-27 the couple in Los Cabos, Mexico.

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