The Ministry of Foreign Affairs held a flag-hoisting ceremony in Hanoi on August 8 to mark the 52nd founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The annual flag-raising ceremony on the occasion of ASEAN establishment anniversary aims to promote solidarity, friendship, and cooperation in ASEAN for the sake of regional peace and prosperity (Photo: VNA)
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Delegates to the flag-raising ceremony marking the foundation of ASEAN pose for group photos (Photo: VNA)
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Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung delivers a speech at the flag-raising ceremony (Photo: VNA)
ASEAN is entering a new stage of development, aiming to build a people-centred ASEAN community on a legal basis of the ASEAN Charter and ASEAN Community Vision 2025.
Advantages and challenges facing Vietnam when the country assumes the ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020 were among the issues discussed at a youth seminar in Hanoi on August 7.
Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a ceremony celebrating the 52nd founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in Jakarta, Indonesia, on August 8.