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ASEAN Regional Forum urged to strengthen policy and action coordination against COVID-19
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) should further promote its role and contributions, especially in maintaining dialogue and cooperation, strengthening trust-mutual understanding and coordination of policies and actions to actively and effectively deal with arising challenges, including COVID-19.The ARF has organized 12 events on key topics ...
AIPA steps up parliarmentary cooperation in education, culture
As Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliarmentary Assembly (AIPA) for 2019-2020, the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) hosted a virtual conference on “Parliamentary Partnership on Educational and Cultural Cooperation for Sustainable Development” (AIPA ECC) on July 30.Participants shared information and experience on educational and cultural cooperation, clarifying ...
ASEAN Smart Cities Network convenes third conference
Minister of Construction Phạm Hồng Hà chaired the third conference of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) on Friday, in the form of a video conference.With the theme ‘Smart cities towards community identity and sustainable development for a cohesive and responsive ASEAN’, ANSC’s activities in ...
ASEAN forum on sub-regional development opens
ASEAN should prioritise the enhancement of connectivity, sustainable and inclusive development, and the improvement of its role in sub-region cooperation, including Mekong collaboration, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said.Anh made the suggestions while opening the ASEAN Forum on Sub-regional Development: ...
ASEAN+3 urged to show solidarity to overcome COVID-19 challenges
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged ASEAN and its three partner countries show solidarity to overcome this difficult time while chairing the ASEAN+3 Special Summit on COVID-19 Response on April 14, with the participation of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (RoK), alongside the ...
Vietnam proposes postponement of 36th ASEAN Summit
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on March 19 sent a letter to leaders of ASEAN member states and New Zealand regarding the postponement of the 36th ASEAN Summit, the ASEAN-New Zealand Summit and related meetings, originally set for April 8-9 in the central city of ...
Network propels smart city schemes
Amid the ongoing Fourth Industrial Revolution, Vietnam is taking advantage of the ASEAN Smart Cities Network in order to formulate several policies on building smart cities and attracting deeper investment.The ASEAN Smart City Summit and ASCN Annual Meeting 2020 are some of the largest and ...
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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 ...
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 ...
Kick-off meeting on social work held
A regional kick-off meeting on Development of “ASEAN Declaration on Promotion of Social Work” took place in Hanoi on October 28.At the meeting, many delegates agreed that in Southeast Asiaregion, social work has not been recognised as a professional job by law. Many countries have ...
