Vietnam will host the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the later half of November.
Vietnam takes pride to be developed into one of the world's fastest growing economies and imminent membership in the World Trade Organization. Foreign companies are flocking to the country, with computer and office equipment manufacturers Intel and Canon among those to build factories here.
Foreign direct investment exceeded $5 billion in the first nine months of this year and Vietnam's exports doubled between 2002 and 2005, to more than $32 billion.
Vietnam has achieved its yearly targets in every sector and the growth for the next year will be more than eight percent, according to Nguyen Tan Dung the Prime Minister.