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UNAM and Vietnam's social sciences academy hold seminar on bilateral cooperation ahead of APEC

Mexico's National Autonomous University and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences held a virtual seminar to identify areas where the two economies converge.

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Why it matters: UNAM and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences jointly held the seminar, which sought areas of convergence between the Mexican and Vietnamese economies.

The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and the Vietnam Academy of Social Sciences (VASS) held a virtual seminar titled Perspectivas estratégicas de la cooperación México-Vietnam (Strategic perspectives on Mexico–Vietnam cooperation), according to Gaceta UNAM.

According to Gaceta UNAM, the seminar aimed to identify areas of convergence between the two economies amid geoeconomic fragmentation and a reshaping of value chains.

Gaceta UNAM's headline presented the analysis of cooperation prospects as taking place ahead of APEC, the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum.

Editor’s view

Rachel Smith, Students and International Editor

UNAM and VASS jointly convened the virtual seminar, whose stated purpose was to identify where the Mexican and Vietnamese economies converge amid geoeconomic fragmentation and changing value chains.

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