Eastern Economic Forum

Far Eastern Economic Forum
Formation2015
HeadquartersVladivostok, Russia
Location
Region served
Russian Far East
Organizer
Russian Government, Roscongress Foundation
Websiteforumvostok.ru/en/

Eastern Economic Forum (Russian: Восточный экономический форум or ВЭФ) is an international forum held each year in Vladivostok, Russia, for the purpose of encouraging foreign investment in the Russian Far East.

Prime Minister of Malaysia Mahathir Mohamad, President of Russia Vladimir Putin joined the 2019 Eastern Economic Forum

It is held each year since 2015 in September, at the Far Eastern Federal University in Vladivostok, Russia.[1] The Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attended this forum in 2017.[2][3]

Lao Vice President Pany Yathotou was the most important foreign guest at the 8th Eastern Economic Forum in September 2023.[4] Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim attended the 9th Eastern Economic Forum in September 2024.

Far East Economic Forum is sponsored by the organizing committee appointed by Roscongress, an association of the Russian Government, which also sponsors other international forums, such as St. Petersburg International Economic Forum.[5]

  1. ^ "Venue of the Eastern Economic Forum". Archived from the original on 2017-09-07. Retrieved 2017-09-07.
  2. ^ Japanese Prime-Minister Abe and Foreign Affairs minister Kono are attending Far East Economic Forum (September 6-7, 2017) (Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) in Japanese
  3. ^ Far East Economic Forum Begins Today in Vladivostok Archived 2017-09-06 at the Wayback Machine (NHK) in Japanese
  4. ^ "Kremlin says Laos will be top guest at economic forum, no word on Kim Jong Un". Reuters. 10 September 2023.
  5. ^ "Russia opens international Far East economic forum | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News". NHK WORLD. Retrieved 4 September 2024.