Prime Minister Stephen Harper attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Hanoi, Vietnam. The Summit takes place over three days. On November 15-16, Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks to the media onboard CF001 en route to the Summit. He meets with staff of the Canadian Embassy at the Kansai Airport in Osaka, Japan. He also meets with Gabriel Lessard, Ambassador of Canada to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. On November 17, Laureen Harper attends the Spousal Tour and visits Ho Chi Minh's former residence with Corrinne Lessard, wife of the Canadian Ambassador in Vietnam and the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with the Prime Minister of Vietnam, Nguyen Tan Dung during a bilateral meeting at the White House in Hanoi. He meets with APEC youth from Canada. Australian Prime Minister John Howard and Prime Minister Stephen Harper meet for dinner at the residence of the Australian ambassador to Vietnam. On November 18, Laureen Harper meets with the other spouses of the leaders of APEC before their tour of the Temple of Literature in Hanoi (Spousal Tour). They later tour the Temple of Literature. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark. He participates to the APEC Business Advisory Council members' meeting. Prime Minister Stephen Harper meets with Korean President Roh Moo-hyun during the APEC Summit. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper pose for pictures with Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet and his wife Tran Thi Kim Chi before a gala dinner. On November 19, Laureen Harper tours the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology as part of the APEC Spousal Program. Prime Minister Stephen Harper participates in the Leaders' Retreat. He speaks during a press conference after the APEC. Prime Minister Stephen Harper arrives for the APEC family photo wearing traditional Vietnamese clothes, known as the "ao dai", outside the National Convention Centre. Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his wife Laureen Harper pose for a picture with liaison officers in Hanoi. Leaders attending the APEC summit are: Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang, Indonesia's President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, New Zealand's Prime Minister Helen Clark, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh Triet, China's President Hu Jintao, Chile's President Michelle Bachelet, Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah, Australia's Prime Minister John Howard, South Korea's President Roh Moo-hyun, Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Mexico's Economy Minister Sergio Alejandro Garcia de Alba Zepeda, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Michael Thomas Somare, Peru's First Vice President Luis Giampietri, US President George W. Bush, Russia's President Vladimir Putin, Thailand's Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont, Taiwan's representative Morris Chang, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. The following people are also depicted in the photographs: Laureen Harper, Laura Bush, Gabriel Lessard, Nguyen Tan Dung, John Howard, Helen Clark.
