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Agencies asked to work together for ASEAN Summit

Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem asked relevant agencies to maintain close cooperation in preparation of activities for the ASEAN year 2010 after conducting a review of this year’s progress.
Deputy Prime Minister Pham Gia Khiem asked relevant agencies to maintain closecooperation in preparation of activities for the ASEAN year 2010 afterconducting a review of this year’s progress.

Deputy PM Khiem chaired thefourth meeting of the National Committee for ASEAN 2010 in Hanoi on March 16,which focused on examining the implementation of instructions issued at thethird meeting as well as preparations for the 16th ASEAN Summit.

Heunderscored the importance for Vietnam to organise the 16th ASEAN Summitsuccessfully and fulfil its duties as ASEAN Chair in 2010. He hailed relatedagencies, ministries, sectors and localities for working hard to prepare for theevent.

To support the upcoming summit, several meetings were heldsuccessfully since the beginning of this year, including the ASEAN ForeignMinisters’ meeting and related meetings in the central city of Da Nang on Jan.13-14 and the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting in Ho Chi Minh City in earlyMarch.

Sub-committees and the secretariat of the National Committee forASEAN 2010 are stepping up final preparations in a wide range of fields toensure that the ASEAN Summit in Hanoi in April will go smoothly./.
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