The APEC Investment Forum 2006 (AIF) will take place in Hanoi on November 15-16, drawing over 600 representatives from member economies of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) forum, said an official of the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment on November 6.

According to Phan Huu Thang, Head of the ministry's Foreign Investment Department, the AIF-2006 will include a plenary session where Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung will make a speech, and workshops on investment promotion between APEC economies. It will display documents and introduce investment environment and opportunities in APEC economies.

Thang said a workshop on Vietnam's investment attraction will be organised by his ministry, focusing on the country's new policies such as the Investment Law and Enterprise Law, and other policies related to investment and orientation for investment attraction of Vietnam in the near future.

The forum, an annual event organised by the APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting, aims to help APEC economies exchange experiences in attracting and efficiently using foreign investment, as well as discuss measures to enhance economic and investment relations between APEC member economies and between APEC and other economic partners.

Thang stressed the forum would help advertise APEC member economies' investment environment, policies, potential and opportunities as well as to boost APEC economies' investment into Vietnam.

He also said the preparation for the forum had been completed. (VNA)