A series of important events for the APEC Year Vietnam 2006 will take place in September, especially the 13th APEC Finance Ministers' Meeting (FMM-13) and the third Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM III).

A training of volunteers working for the APEC Women Leaders’ Network Meeting (WLN) was just held by the Vietnam Women’s Union (VWU) on Aug. 25, 2006

To contribute to the good impressions about a dynamic, open, hospitable, secure and stable Vietnam; promote solidarity, friendship and cooperation; and to contribute to the success of APEC Vietnam 2006 – these are the messages of State Vice-president Mme. Truong My Hoa to VWU leaders in her meeting regarding preparation for the 11th WLN meeting on the afternoon of August 14, 2006 in VWU office.

Poor Khmer ethnic women in Long Phu district, the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang, have improved their farming skills and knowledge on family care thanks to a project funded by CARE, an organisation of Denmark.

With the theme “Towards a Dynamic Community – for Sustainable Development and Prosperity” in the year APEC 2006, it is estimated 100 events will be organized in Vietnam, of which The APEC 11th Women Leaders’ network Meeting will be hosted by Vietnam Women Union at the International Conference Center – Hanoi, from September 19 to 22, 2006.

1. Preamble
WLN is a public-private network of women of all sectors representing academia, civil society, business and government of the APEC economies that plays the important role by contributing women leader's perspectives and expertise to the APEC region.

Preamble

1. We, the Women Leaders Network from APEC Economies, came together in La Serena, Chile September 28 - October 1, 2004, to reaffirm our commitment to the work advanced by the Leaders from previous meetings and to the continued and consistent integration of women and gender issues throughout the APEC processes and structures.

We, the Women Leaders' Network WLN) from APEC economies came together for the eighth time in Chiang Mai, Thailand on July 30 - August 3, 2003, to reaffirm our commitment to strengthening and deepening the partrlerships within WLN and wlth all APEC fora.

we, the Women Leaders Network from the APEC Economies came together for the seventh time in Acapulco, Mexico from August 20th to 22nd, 2002, to reaffirm our commitment and our efforts to contribute to the economic development, cooperation and prosperity of the APEC region, and to strategize to meet challenges in the new century.

We, the Women Leaders’ Network, from APEC economies came together for the sixth time in Beijing, China on August 22-24, 2001, to reaffirm our commitment and our efforts to contribute to the economic development, cooperation and prosperity of the APEC region, and to strategize to meet challenges in the new century.