Traditional dresses add color to APEC

Updated: 2014-11-02 11:33

(chinadaily.com.cn)

China will host a series of Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meetings from Nov. 5 to 11 in Beijing. The 22th APEC Economic Leaders' Meeting will be held on Nov. 10 and 11. It has been customary for world leaders to pose in traditional costumes of the host nation.

Sporting "ao dai", a traditional Vietnamese costume, leaders pose for a group photo at the APEC leaders' meeting in Hanoi in Vietnam in this Nov. 19, 2006, file photo. [Photo/IC]