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Building post-2025 ASEAN Vision under discussion in Da Nang
A special session of the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place in the central city of Da Nang on March 4 to discuss orientations for building ASEAN Vision after 2025.Orientations for building ASEAN Community Vision after 2025 will be linked to the mid-term review process of ...
Priorities for ASEAN economic pillar unveiled
As ASEAN Chair for 2020, Vietnam will introduce initiatives and priorities to boost regional connectivity and make ASEAN one the world’s leading economic growth regions.This year ASEAN countries will devise a mid-term Master Plan for building the ASEAN Community until 2025; develop an ASEAN Master ...
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Mekong-Lancang cooperation contributes to addressing regional challenges
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh said at the fifth MLC Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos on Thursday that the Mekong-Lancang cooperation (MLC) should contribute to consolidating coordination between countries in handling regional challenges and bringing about long-term benefits for ...
ASEAN Chairman issues statement on response to COVID-19
Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, as Chairman of ASEAN in 2020, issued a statement on ASEAN’s joint response to the outbreak of the acute respiratory disease caused by the novel coronavirus (COVID-19).The statement welcomed the efforts under the framework of ASEAN medical co-operation with its partners (China, ...
Commission welcomes European Parliament's approval of EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements
The European Commission welcomes today’s decision by the European Parliament to approve the EU-Vietnam trade and investment agreements. The EU-Vietnam trade agreement is now set to enter into force in 2020, upon conclusion of the ratification procedure by Vietnam.The trade agreement will eliminate virtually all ...
Việt Nam successfully fulfils role as President of UNSC in January
Head of Việt Nam’s mission to the UN Ambassador Đặng Đình Quý chaired a session on Friday (31/01/2020) to review the UN Security Council (UNSC)’s activities during January, the month Việt Nam held the Presidency of the UNSC.Also on the occasion, Việt Nam proposed holding a ...
WB’s Vietnam Development Report 2019 launched
The Vietnam Development Report (VDR) 2019: Connecting Vietnam for Growth and Shared Prosperity was co-launched by the World Bank (WB) and the Ministry of Investment and Planning in Hanoi on January 15.The report is a series of flagship analytical and policy reports by the WB ...
ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ retreat discuss 2020 plan
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh on Friday presided over a retreat of foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries (AMM Retreat), with the participation of the foreign ministers and the bloc’s Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi.This was ...
Conference adopts Hanoi Call for Action on early childhood development
The Asia-Pacific Regional Conference on Early Childhood Development (ECD) adopted a Hanoi Call for Action on the implementation of ECD during its closing session in Hanoi on December 6. The call is expected to contribute significantly to accelerate the effective realisation of ECD in each ...
Improving legal environment for foreign non-governmental work
Improving the legal environment and creating favourable conditions for better reception, management, and use of aid from foreign non-governmental organisations (NGOs) are needed to realise the target of poverty reduction and sustainable development, an official has said.Vice Chairman of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations ...