Asia Pacific Economic Forum's Finance Ministers, in
Vietnamese traditional suit, pose for a photo at a hotel in Hanoi September 7,
2006. Apec's finance ministers gathered in Hanoi for the 13th Finance Minister
Meeting on September 7-8, 2006. Ministers are from L-R, front: Philippines'
Finance Secretary Margarito Taves, China's Finance Minister Jin Renqing,
Vietnam's Finance Minister Vu Van Ninh, Chile's Finance Vice Minister Maria
Olivia Recart, Thailand's Finance Minister Thanong Bidaya. 2nd row: Indonesia's
Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Brunei's Finance Minister Ibrahim Pehin
Dato Abd Rahman, Japan's Senior Vice Minister of Finance Naokazu Takemoto,
Taiwan's Finance Minister Chih Chin Ho, South Korea's Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister of Finance and Economic Kwon Okyu. 3rd row: Russia's Vice Minister of
Finance Sergey Storchak, Singapore's Second Minister of Finance Tharman
Shanmugaratnam, US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, Malaysia Finance Minister
Nor Mohamed Yakcop, Canada's Finance Minister Jim Flaherty, Mexico's Minister of
Finance and Public Credit Francisco Gil Diaz. Top: New Zealand's Finance
Minister Michael Cullen, Hong Kong's Secretary for Financial Services and the
Treasury, Australia's Treasurer Peter Costello and Peru's General Director of
the Social and Economic Affairs. [Reuters]
