Leaders of the 10 ASEAN member states and partner countries have reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace, stability and security in the East Sea, internationally known as South China Sea, while attending the recent 12th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Manila, the Philippines.
Philippine police said on November 17 that they foiled a plot to bomb a Manila shopping mall as US President Donald Trump and other world leaders arrived in the city for the 31st ASEAN Summit.
Vietnam’s contributions to the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits manifested its maturity in integration competence and its increasingly important role in the region.
Singapore will focus on the themes of “resilience” and “innovation” when it takes the rotating chairmanship of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2018.
Leaders of the ASEAN member countries have signed the ASEAN Consensus on the Protection and Promotion of the Rights of Migrant Workers after 10 years of negotiations.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc arrived in Hanoi on November 15, concluding successfully his fresh trip to the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines, at the invitation of the host’s President Rodrigo Roa Duterte.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has underscored the need to continue fostering and deepening ASEAN’s relations with India, focusing on optimizing projects on narrowing development gaps, strengthening connectivity and people-to-people contacts and broadening cooperation areas.
Leaders of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) reaffirmed their determination to soon reach a RCEP agreement between ASEAN and its six partners of Australia, China, the Republic of Korea, India, Japan and New Zealand.
The ASEAN 3 Summit took place in Manila, the Philippines, on November 14 with the attendance of leaders from 10 ASEAN member states and Japan, China and the Republic of Korea.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on November 14 emphasised cooperation orientations for East Asia while speaking at the 12th East Asia Summit (EAS 12) with eight partner nations in Manila, the Philippines, as part of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi on November 14 agreed to join hands to set up a free and open order of the Asia Pacific based on respect of international regulations.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc held separate meetings with Russian counterpart Dmitry Medvedev and Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related summits in Manila on November 14.
President of the Republic of Korea (RoK) Moon Jae-in and Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong have agreed to expand bilateral cooperation, especially in joint efforts to prepare for the fourth industrial revolution.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with his Indian counterpart Narenda Modi on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Manila, the Philippines, on November 14.
RoK President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang have reaffirmed commitments to quickly normalise the countries’ ties soured by the deployment of a US missile defence system in the RoK.
ASEAN and China agreed on a 10-year plan through 2027 to protect the coasts and marine resources in the East Sea while trying to settle territorial disputes in the waters.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc met with United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and European Council (EC) President Donald Tusk in Manila, the Philippines on November 13 on the sidelines of the 31st ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
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