Senior ASEAN officials reached severalagreements on boosting the linkages among bloc members at a series ofmeetings, which wrapped up in Ho Chi Minh City on Mar. 3.
At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior OfficialsMeeting (SOM), the ASEAN Senior Economics Officials Meeting (SEOM), themeeting of the Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio- CulturalCommunity (SOCA), and the Joint Preparatory Meeting (JPM), theofficials approved a draft programme and the agenda and lists ofdocuments to be submitted to ASEAN ministers at the 16th ASEAN Summit,which will be held in Hanoi from April 8-9.
They also reviewed cooperation in the building the ASEAN Community ofthe three major pillars of political security, economy and culture
Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister and Head of Vietnam’sASEAN SOM Pham Quang Vinh reported that the ASEAN senior officials alsodiscussed the organisation’s capacity in facing global challenges,including economic recovery, sustainable development and climate change.
Vietnam ’s proposals on the agenda and operations as well asdocuments to be submitted to ASEAN leaders at the 16th ASEAN Summitwere approved by other ASEAN members.
Vinh also informed ASEAN members that Vietnam is ready for the upcomingsummit and has reached agreements with other members on theorganisation of additional activities in Vietnam in 2010, a year duringwhich Vietnam holds the rotating ASEAN Chairmanship./.
At the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Senior OfficialsMeeting (SOM), the ASEAN Senior Economics Officials Meeting (SEOM), themeeting of the Senior Officials Committee for the ASEAN Socio- CulturalCommunity (SOCA), and the Joint Preparatory Meeting (JPM), theofficials approved a draft programme and the agenda and lists ofdocuments to be submitted to ASEAN ministers at the 16th ASEAN Summit,which will be held in Hanoi from April 8-9.
They also reviewed cooperation in the building the ASEAN Community ofthe three major pillars of political security, economy and culture
Assistant to the Vietnamese Foreign Minister and Head of Vietnam’sASEAN SOM Pham Quang Vinh reported that the ASEAN senior officials alsodiscussed the organisation’s capacity in facing global challenges,including economic recovery, sustainable development and climate change.
Vietnam ’s proposals on the agenda and operations as well asdocuments to be submitted to ASEAN leaders at the 16th ASEAN Summitwere approved by other ASEAN members.
Vinh also informed ASEAN members that Vietnam is ready for the upcomingsummit and has reached agreements with other members on theorganisation of additional activities in Vietnam in 2010, a year duringwhich Vietnam holds the rotating ASEAN Chairmanship./.
