A screen capture of the article on Pretoria News (Photo: VNA) The article noted that Vietnam has diplomatic relations with189 members of the United Nations - including South Africa - and long-termcooperation frameworks with 30 strategic and comprehensive partners, includingall ASEAN countries and most of the G20.
As a key member of the Association of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN), Vietnam has negotiated, ratified and signed key free tradeagreements, namely the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement forTrans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA),the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) and the UK-Vietnam FreeTrade Agreement (UKVFTA), promoting international economic integration andcreating new impetus for economic recovery, it said.
In 2020, as ASEAN Chair, Vietnam was particularly involvedin coordination with other nations in the region in responding to the pandemic,and outlining the post-pandemic economic recovery and development plan.
In November last year, South Africa along with Cuba andColombia, signed the documents of accession to ASEAN’s Treaty of Amity andCooperation (TAC), opening the way to greater trade in the region.
Vietnam is also a non-permanent member of the UN SecurityCouncil in the 2020-2021 tenure, and among its duties organised a meeting onstrengthening the implementation of the UN Charter, highlighted the issue ofcooperation between the UNSC and ASEAN, and participated in the UN peacekeepingforce, read the article.
The UN General Assembly also approved a resolution draftedby Vietnam to designate December 27 as the International Day of EpidemicPreparedness, it added.
It held that the 13th National Congress of the CommunistParty of Vietnam, which is being held in Hanoi from January 25 to February 2,will set out the country’s vision and proposed future development directions interms of its domestic and international policies./.
VNA
