The two-day (August 27–28, 2018) Indian Ocean Conference 2018 was held by the event organizing firm VietnamEvent in Hanoi. This was the third conference by Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affair in association with Indian Capital, with the theme “Building Regional Architechure.”
(Full view of the IOC 2018)
The Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affair of Vietnam: Pham Binh Minh; Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe; Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health and Family Welfare Nepal: Upendrea Yadav; Indian Minister of Foreign Affair: Sushman Swaraj; and Singaporean Foreign Minister: Vivian Balakrishnan, all having a speech in the opening session of the conference. The delegates shared their opinions about the importance of building a well-covered area’s structure with respect of international laws and borders in order to improve trust and promote mutual benefits.
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affair of Vietnam: Pham Binh Minh
Vice Prime Minister, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Nepal: Upendrea Yadav
Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Singaporean Foreign Minister: Vivian Balakrishnan
Apart from the discussion of building a regional structure, the cooperation content between involving countries about building trust, respecting international standard and law, peacefully handling ocean’s disputes, and security were heavily discussed.
In this conference, VietnamEvent has welcomed and served 300 delegates, including Prime Minister and Minister Groups, senior officers from more than 40 countries and territories; 60 delegates from 30 foreign representative offices in Vietnam, 100 officers, scholars, and 70 reporters from many news stations in Vietnam and other countries.
Some images of the preparation process for the conference:
Sheraton Hotel Hanoi—Location of the IOC 2018
Outdoor Photobooth
Welcome Gate
Indoor Photobooth
IOC 2018 Main Stage
V.I.P Section inside Grand Ballroom Song Hong
Setting up Grand Ballroom, Song Hong
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