Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung highlighted the major goals of an ASEANCommunity as a focus on people and a friendly approach to theenvironment at an ASEAN event in Da Nang on August 16.
Dung opened the fourth ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC)meeting by emphasising that ASEAN members have been facilitatingsocio-cultural cooperation for the establishment of an ASCC in a roadmaptowards an ASEAN Community by 2015.
“ASCC shouldbe a community of everlasting unity and solidarity among member nations,and a sharing and caring community which aims to constantly narrow thegap of development (among members) and form a common ASEAN identity.
“ASCC should focus on human beings and constantly improve the livingconditions and human development, increase social welfare and ensuresocial equality and human rights, as well as guarantee sustainable andenvironmentally-friendly development,” he said.
The Vietnamese leader pointed out that the ASCC, though still veryyoung, has actively contributed to the process towards an ASEANCommunity, citing the making of a legal framework for the community’soperations as well as a roadmap and priorities to fulfil the plan ofaction.
The ASCC council has worked out solutionsto major issues, focusing on healthcare, education, environment andmeasures to cope with global challenges such as economic crises, climatechange, natural disasters, epidemics, the exercising of human rightsand human resource development.
Dung said the Vietnamese Government has lauded recent achievements recorded by the ASCC.
The Vietnamese leader called on member nations to make greaterefforts and take better measures to realise commitments and prioritieswritten in the ASCC Blueprint.
He said supervision and inspection should be intensified to ensure the effective implementation of the agreements.
Coordination of action among key ASCC agencies, especially the roleplayed the ASCC council, should be promoted while steps should be takento keep the ASCC master plan on track, Dung urged.
He called on members to take immediate action on an appropriate vehiclecapable of mobilising and efficiently managing all resources from boththe member nations and partners, focusing on the private sector.
The ASCC meeting in Da Nang , the fourth of its kind so far withthe participation of all ten member countries, approved two keydeclarations which will be submitted to the 17th ASEAN summit scheduledfor October. One of them deals with human resource development andknow-how on economic recovery and growth and the other is aboutpromoting social welfare for women and children.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei ,Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines ,Singapore , Thailand and Vietna./.
Dung opened the fourth ASEAN Social and Cultural Community (ASCC)meeting by emphasising that ASEAN members have been facilitatingsocio-cultural cooperation for the establishment of an ASCC in a roadmaptowards an ASEAN Community by 2015.
“ASCC shouldbe a community of everlasting unity and solidarity among member nations,and a sharing and caring community which aims to constantly narrow thegap of development (among members) and form a common ASEAN identity.
“ASCC should focus on human beings and constantly improve the livingconditions and human development, increase social welfare and ensuresocial equality and human rights, as well as guarantee sustainable andenvironmentally-friendly development,” he said.
The Vietnamese leader pointed out that the ASCC, though still veryyoung, has actively contributed to the process towards an ASEANCommunity, citing the making of a legal framework for the community’soperations as well as a roadmap and priorities to fulfil the plan ofaction.
The ASCC council has worked out solutionsto major issues, focusing on healthcare, education, environment andmeasures to cope with global challenges such as economic crises, climatechange, natural disasters, epidemics, the exercising of human rightsand human resource development.
Dung said the Vietnamese Government has lauded recent achievements recorded by the ASCC.
The Vietnamese leader called on member nations to make greaterefforts and take better measures to realise commitments and prioritieswritten in the ASCC Blueprint.
He said supervision and inspection should be intensified to ensure the effective implementation of the agreements.
Coordination of action among key ASCC agencies, especially the roleplayed the ASCC council, should be promoted while steps should be takento keep the ASCC master plan on track, Dung urged.
He called on members to take immediate action on an appropriate vehiclecapable of mobilising and efficiently managing all resources from boththe member nations and partners, focusing on the private sector.
The ASCC meeting in Da Nang , the fourth of its kind so far withthe participation of all ten member countries, approved two keydeclarations which will be submitted to the 17th ASEAN summit scheduledfor October. One of them deals with human resource development andknow-how on economic recovery and growth and the other is aboutpromoting social welfare for women and children.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) groups Brunei ,Cambodia , Indonesia , Laos , Malaysia , Myanmar , the Philippines ,Singapore , Thailand and Vietna./.
