Vietnamese and Indian foreign ministers have agreed to closely coordinate in order to effectively promote the action programme implementing the comprehensive strategic partnership between the two countries for 2021-2023.
With its progressive and reformist government and under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), Vietnam has achieved enormous progress in economic development, Veeramalla Anjaiah, a Senior Research Fellow at the Jakarta-based Centre for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) has said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs on December 17 hosted an international seminar to look back on the ASEAN Chairmanship 2020 of Vietnam under the chair of Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.
About 300 photos and nearly 60 films by ASEAN artists, featuring the countries, people, environmental protection and climate change in ASEAN community, are on display at an exhibition that opened at the Cultural Centre of the southern province of Binh Phuoc on December 15.
Vietnam has successfully performed its ASEAN Chairmanship 2020, and made effective contributions in its capacity as a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council (UNSC), with result-oriented initiatives relating to peace and security in Africa, Mozambique’s Foreign Minister Veronica Nataniel said on November 23.
Despite challenges in the region, under Vietnam’s chairmanship, ASEAN has reached greater heights and further shown its unity and resilience to the world with the spirit of “cohesive and responsive ASEAN”, Myanmar Ambassador to ASEAN Aung Myo Myint has said.
Japanese Ambassador to ASEAN Chiba Akira has spoken highly of the role of Vietnam as ASEAN Chair in 2020 with the successful organisation of the 37th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings despite COVID-19.
Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany Peter Altmaier has welcomed the signing of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement between 15 signatories in Asia-Pacific.
The ASEAN Plus Three Senior Officials' Meeting on Energy convened in the form of a video conference on November 18 in preparations for the 17th ASEAN Plus Three Ministers on Energy Meeting.
According to Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, together with other ASEAN countries, Vietnam has a perfect opportunity to become a centre of foreign investment attraction, especially from members of the RCEP.
Vietnam has made great efforts and innovations to fulfill its ASEAN Chairmanship 2020, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and General Secretary of the National ASEAN 2020 Committee Nguyen Quoc Dung affirmed on November 15.
A series of events aiming at enhancing relations between ASEAN and partners took place on November 13 as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit and related Summits.
The ASEAN smart logistics network was launched on November 14 with the introduction of first project – Vinh Phuc ICD Logistic Centre in (SuperPort) in the northern province of Vinh Phuc. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended the online launching ceremony which took place as part of the 37th ASEAN Summit and related summits.
The 23rd ASEAN+3 Summit between ASEAN and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea was held online on November 14 as part of the ongoing 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings.
The Second ASEAN-Australia Biennial Summit was held online on November 14, under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Australian counterpart Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The ASEAN-New Zealand Commemorative Summit was held online on November 14, under the chair of Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his New Zealand counterpart Jacinda Ardern.
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