President Joko Widodo of current ASEAN Chair Indonesia on May 10 emphasised the role of parliament in formulating the ASEAN 2045 agenda at a dialogue with representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA).
Since joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 1995, Vietnam has made important, productive and positive contributions to the groupings, stated ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh hosted a reception in Hanoi on February 18 for General Tea Banh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence of Cambodia.
Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi has said that the country, as the ASEAN chair this year, aims to push for more concrete and inclusive cooperation among countries in the region.
Indonesia, as ASEAN Chair in 2023, wants to see a resilient ASEAN that becomes a barometer for cooperation, contributing to peace, stability and prosperity in the region and the world, Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi said on January 11.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son attended meetings of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in Phnom Penh on November 10, which aimed to review the preparations for the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and relevant meetings.
Vietnam, a developing country, has exerted great efforts in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and enjoyed fruitful results, said Professor Carl Thayer from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
The relations between Vietnam and Indonesia are in prime time and will continue to thrive in all fields in the future, stated Vietnamese Ambassador to Indonesia Ta Van Thong at a ceremony celebrating the 77th National Day of Vietnam in Jakarta on September 14.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc received outgoing Australian Ambassador Robyn Mudie in Hanoi on June 15, highly valuing the diplomat’s fulfillment of duties which has helped further intensify the two countries’ strategic partnership.
The sides should show their sense of responsibility for peace and stability in the region and the world, Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam, stressed at the ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials’ Meeting (ARF SOM).
Vietnam and Cambodia held the first border defence exchange in the border areas of Loc Ninh district of the former’s Binh Phuoc province and Snuol district of the latter’s Kratie province on May 15.
In his capacity as the Special Envoy of the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Prak Sokhonn is paying a working visit to Myanmar from March 21-23.
Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen held an online talks with Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary General for Myanmar Noeleen Hayzer on January 13, reported the Cambodian news agency AKP.
Vietnam's successes and imprints at the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as its non-permanent member in the 2020-2021 term have contributed to affirming that the Party and State's policy of upholding multilateral diplomacy is absolutely sound, thus strengthening the foundation for the country to continue pushing forward the implementation of this policy in the new period, Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son has said.
A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung attended a senior official meeting (SOM) of ASEAN via videoconference on January 5 to review preparations for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Retreat (AMMR) slated for January 18-19 in Siem Riep, Cambodia.
Japanese Defence Minister Kishi Nobuo on December 28 announced that Japan will join the defence hotlines set up among the members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The first Cambodia visit by President Nguyen Xuan Phuc in his new capacity has demonstrated the Vietnamese Party’s foreign policy of treasuring and giving the top priority to developing ties with neighbouring countries, as well as the Vietnamese Party, State and people’s sentiments to fraternal Cambodian people.
A good relationship between Vietnam and Cambodia will positively contribute to the development of each country as well as to ASEAN and the whole region where socio-economic recovery effort is underway, said Vietnamese Ambassador to Cambodia Nguyen Huy Tang.
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