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The High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision (HLTF-ACV) opened its seventh meeting in Belitung, Indonesia, on March 19.

ASEAN is developing its post-2025 vision to set a clear new agenda for better economic integration and adaptation to technological advances, geopolitical shifts, and economic transformations that are changing the current global landscape.

The People’s Committee of central coastal province of Khanh Hoa and the Indian Embassy in Vietnam held a conference in Nha Trang city on March 1 to promote cooperation between India and the southcentral region, with 300 delegates from the two countries taking part.

Ambassador Dian Triansyah Djani on February 23 emphasised that ASEAN needs a robust long-term vision for the next 20 years.

The ASEAN-Japan vision for the next 50 years is to develop a safe, prosperous and free society through fair and mutually beneficial economic co-creation based on the trust that has been built over the past 50 years, heard a conference in Jakarta on February 22.

The World Economic Forum (WEF) Annual Meeting 2023 will be a chance for Vietnam to share with the international community its vision on common efforts in settling emerging global challenges, as well as Vietnam's policies and experience in international integration and socio-economic development, Ambassador Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations (UN), WTO and other international organisations in Geneva, told Vietnam News Agency on the threshold of the forum.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA), the national coordinating agency for ASEAN, chaired an inter-sectoral meeting in Hanoi on January 9 to review ASEAN cooperation and Vietnam’s participation in the bloc’s activities in 2022, and set up orientations for this year.

Thailand’s banks have continued to gear up for regional business expansion, aiming to create higher income from the growth potential of the ASEAN economy in the post-pandemic period.

Amidst the regional and global economic slowdown, the ASEAN needs to strongly open its markets, remove trade barriers, and work together to create new growth engines to catch up with current major transition trend, stated Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 40th ASEAN Summit in Phnom Penh on November 11.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador Vu Ho, Head of Vietnam's ASEAN SOM, on November 9 attended a meeting of ASEAN senior officials in preparation for the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits and related summits.

Indian President Droupadi Murmu affirmed Vietnam is one of the key partners in her country’s Indo-Pacific vision, while receiving Ambassador Nguyen Thanh Hai who came to present his credentials in New Delhi on October 26.

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh has signed a resolution on the national master plan for 2021-2030, with a vision towards 2050, which will be submitted to the National Assembly for consideration and approval.

On behalf of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang affirmed the bloc’s strong commitment to enhance development cooperation at a general debate of the Social, Humanitarian, and Cultural Affairs Committee of the 77th session of the UN General Assembly on September 29.

Ambassador Nguyen Hong Thao, the first Vietnamese to be elected to the International Law Commission and who is now serving his second term in the commission for the 2023-2027 tenure, has written an article looking back on 30 years’ implementation of Vietnam Marine Strategy.

The Laos - Thailand - Malaysia - Singapore Power Integration Project (LTMS-PIP) has been officially approved by governments of the ASEAN member countries involved in the ASEAN Vision 2020, opening up prospects of establishing an intra-bloc power grid system.

Hanoi (VNA) – The first batch of durian exported through the official channel to China was sent from the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak on September 17, more than two months after the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and China’s General Administration of Customs of China signed a protocol on phytosanitary requirements for Vietnamese durian exported to China.

Vietnam is one of the premier partners in the Indian Technical & Economic Cooperation (ITEC) programme. India’s development cooperation and capacity building efforts with Vietnam are also in line with the important place that Vietnam occupies in India’s Act East Policy and Indo Pacific Vision, according to Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment is continuing to research and fine-tune the draft National Master Plan for 2021-2030, with a vision to 2050, to submit it to the Government and later to the fourth session of the National Assembly for final approval.

Ho Chi Minh City is coordinating with the World Bank (WB) to develop a data management strategy, aiming to help the city better cultivate data for governance works, said Vo Thi Trung Trinh, Deputy Director of the municipal Department of Information and Communications on August 30.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports Doan Van Viet attended the 11th Tourism Ministerial Meeting of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum, which kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand on August 19.