Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc speaks at the 36th ASEAN Summit (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - As Chair of ASEAN 2020, PrimeMinister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will preside over the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings,which will be held via video conference from November 12-15, Vice Spokesperson ofthe Ministry of Foreign Affairs Duong Hoai Nam told the ministry’s regular pressconference on November 5.
These are the most important meetings during Vietnam’sASEAN Chairmanship and include the 37th ASEAN Summit; ASEAN 1+Summits with China,Japan, the Republic of Korea (RoK), India, the US, Australia and the UN; the ASEAN-NewZealand Leaders’ Summit to commemorate the 45th anniversary of dialogue relations;the 23rd ASEAN+3 Summit; and the 15th East Asia Summit.
The RCEP Summit; the Mekong-Japan Summit and the Mekong-RoKSummit; the 10th Summit between Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam; and the Cambodia-Laos-VietnamDevelopment Triangle Summit will also be held.
PM Phuc and ASEAN leaders, together with partners, willdiscuss the building process of the ASEAN Community, complete ASEAN priorities andinitiatives in 2020, and bolster ASEAN partnerships.
They will also exchange views on regional and internationalissues of mutual concern, and uphold ASEAN’s central role, especially in the worldin the post-pandemic era.
ASEAN has basically completed priorities and initiativesin 2020 on schedule, Nam said, including the Mid-Term Review on the 2025 ASEAN CommunityVision and the review of the implementation of the ASEAN Charter.
The ASEAN COVID-19 Response Fund has raised 10 millionUSD from member countries and partners. The regional reserve of medical suppliesand ASEAN Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) Network for Public Health and new communicablediseases will be launched during the 37th ASEAN Summit, the spokesperson said.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)comprises 10 member states, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia,Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam./.
