APEC meetings begin in HCM CityVietNamNet Bridge – The first of the third APEC Senior Officials Meeting (SOM 3) and related meetings began in HCM City today. The meeting also reviewed outcomes of the previous workshop on restructuring of shipping and port industry that took place in HCM City on August 15-16. Medical productsThe Regulatory Harmonisation Steering Committee (RHSC) today unveils the Strategic Framework Regulatory Convergence for Medical Products by 2020. Each economy will determine the level of convergence it desires, develop specific strategies to promote regulatory convergence and set its timetable in the context of its own regulatory system and socio-cultural objectives. While each economy may adopt each phase in its own timeframe, the ultimate aim is for APEC economies to achieve the maximum regulatory convergence possible by 2020.

Source: VietNamNet News August 18, 2017 11:15 UTC