A senior officials’ meeting (SOM) and the fourth non-official discussion on the modernisation of civil services were held in Hanoi on August 3 as part of the 21st ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM 21).
Ambassador Vu Ho, Acting Head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam, joined other ASEAN senior officials in their meeting in preparation for the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-55) and relevant meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 1.
A Vietnamese delegation joined others of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and India in the Mekong-Ganga Senior Officials' Meeting in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on August 1.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and India held their 9th Senior Officials Meeting on Transnational Crimes (SOMTC) in a virtual form on July 20, according to the Indian Foreign Ministry.
Politburo member and permanent member of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee’s Secretariat Vo Van Thuong and a high-ranking Party and State delegation have been on a visit to Laos to attend the celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the two countries’ diplomatic relations (September 5, 1962 – 2022) and the 45th year of the singing of the bilateral Treaty of Amity and Cooperation (July 18, 1977 – 2022).
The inaugural ASEAN-UK Senior Officials’ Meeting (AUKSOM) was held in London on July 6, the first official engagement of both sides’ Senior Officials since ASEAN and the UK established full dialogue partnership in August, 2021.
ASEAN senior officials on July 5 and 6 joined a virtual conference on tourism, discussing ways to attract more visitors and ensure their health and safety as the COVID-19 pandemic virus continues to circulate.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and China should utilise their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, established in late November 2021, to cope with traditional and non-traditional challenges amid the present complicated situation, Ambassador Vu Ho, acting head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam, has said.
Member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) highlighted the need to maintain unity and promote a central role amid a complicated geopolitical context at a virtual meeting on June 8.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lt. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien met with his Japanese counterpart Tsuchimichi Akihiro in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on May 17 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting (ADSOM).
Senior defence officials of ASEAN member states and ASEAN Plus Three countries have pledged to intensify military cooperation in preventing cross-border epidemics and promote mechanisms that support ASEAN female peacekeepers.
A delegation of the Ministry of National Defence attended the virtual conferences of the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Working Group (ADSOM WG) and the ADSOM-Plus WG on March 28 and 29.
Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong on March 15 chaired a meeting of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat to discuss disciplinary measures against two senior officials of Thai Nguyen and Kien Giang provinces.
The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place both in person and via videoconference on February 16 in Phnom Penh, Cambodia - Chair of the bloc in 2022.