The 10th Asia Pacific Cooperative Minister's Conference was held from April 18 to 21, 2017 in Hanoi, Vietnam.
The theme for the conference was: "Visioning Ahead to 2030: Promoting Stronger Partnerships between Government and Cooperative Stakeholders in realizing the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)."

It was co-organized by the International Cooperative Alliance Asia-Pacific (ICA-AP) Secretariat, the Vietnamese Ministry of Planning and Investment and the Vietnam Cooperative Alliance. The conference is held once in four years in the ICA-AP member countries.

This time approximately 300 people from 20 countries including ministers in charge of cooperatives, representatives of governments, ICA-AP member organizations, and international development agencies participated to deliberate on how cooperatives and governments could strengthen partnership in order to realize the sustainable development  targets (SDGs) adopted at the United Nations Summit in September 2015 through report presentations and panel discussions.

From Japan, representatives from the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries and JAZENCHU (Central Union of Agricultural Cooperatives) gave report. Mr. YAMAMOTO Toru, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare, Director Office of Consumers' Cooperative Societies reported on "Current status of Japanese consumer co-ops and their roles and prospects for elderly care".

He answered questions concerning the establishment of a comprehensive care system in Japan and countermeasures against changes in the population structure which won the high interest of the participants who regarded the answers as aging response measures which could be replicated in their respective Asian countries in the near future.

JCCU will continue to cooperate with the local and overseas co-operatives and related organizations to disseminate efforts on various social issues.