At the second meeting of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The NationalASEAN 2020 Committee, which is in charge of preparation work for Vietnam’schairmanship of the ASEAN in 2020, held its second meeting in Hanoi on March 22under the chair of Deputy Prime Minister and head of the committee Pham BinhMinh.
Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen QuocDung, who is General Secretary of the committee, reported on the workundertaken by the five sub-committees since the committee’s first meeting in Decemberlast year.
He said while the implementation of tasks set at the first meetinghad met schedule, the huge work load requires all ministries and sectors tokeep up their efforts.
Issues tabled for discussion atthe meeting included how to decide themes and key priorities during the yearVietnam holds the ASEAN Chair, the criteria for developing Vietnam’sinitiatives, and criteria and a roadmap for designing the logo for the year.
Deputy PM Minh approved thedirections for the work to be carried out until the third meeting of thecommittee, slated for June. He told the ministries and sectors to timely reportany arising problems during the process of preparation.
The National ASEAN 2020Committee was set up under the Prime Minister’s Decision No. 1743/QD-TTg datedDecember 14, 2018.
The committee, headed by Deputy Prime Minister and ForeignMinister Pham Binh Minh, includes 29 members.
It is made up of five subcommittees in charge of thecontents, protocol issues, communications and culture, materials and logistics,and security and health care, along with the National ASEAN 2020 Secretariat.
The Association of SoutheastAsian Nations (ASEAN) comprises Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and Vietnam. The countries taketurn to hold the chairmanship of the association on a rotary basis.-VNA
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