35th ASEAN Summit: Plenary session officially opens
Bangkok (VNA) – The plenary session of the 35th ASEAN Summit officially
opened in Thailand in the evening of November 2.
The session is focusing on security issues, sustainable development, the environment and ocean waste.
The 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings are expected to discuss measures to intensify the building of the ASEAN Community, effectively implement the blueprints of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025, and regional and international issues of common concern.
Participants will also look
into initial implementation and ways to continue carrying out the ASEAN
Leaders’ Vision Statement on Partnership for Sustainability, which was adopted
at the 34th ASEAN Summit earlier this year; the priorities for 2019 under the
theme “Advancing Partnership for Sustainability”; and orientations for the
group in the coming years.
They will also
discuss measures to bolster extensive win-win relations with partners, review
the implementation of action plans between ASEAN and its partners, and mobilise
partners’ support for community building. They will also talk about the
enhancement of ASEAN’s centrality in an evolving regional architecture,
including promoting the possibility of co-operation in responding to global
economic vagaries, adapting to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, and dealing
with global challenges like climate change, terrorism, trans-national crimes
and cybersecurity.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc is leading the Vietnamese delegation to attend activities in the framework of the 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings./.