Senior officials from ASEAN and the US have agreed to a plan on future cooperation in energy development at the ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, on July 20.

Under the plan, the two sides will hold a seminar on the appraisal of energy use effectiveness and look toward an ASEAN with clean energy.

At the July 20 meeting, the first of its kind so far, the two sides agreed to set up and to gradually boost long-term cooperation in energy between ASEAN and the US.

The meeting of ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Energy (SOME) and the US was under the framework of the 28th ASEAN Ministers on Energy Meeting (AMEM 28), which has been taking place from July 19-23./.