ASEAN and Switzerland on October 16 held the 5th meeting of the ASEAN-Switzerland Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AS-JSCC), during which the two sides emphasised their commitment to strengthening dialogue partnership in many fields.
Vietnam and Indonesia have emphasised the need to give priority to promoting intra-regional cooperation in the Great Lakes Region in Africa on the basis of peace and stability goals, and called for support from the international community for the region.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) entered 2020 with a lot of difficulties due to the COVID-19 pandemic but the initial success in curbing the spread of the disease in the region has proved effective intra-regional cooperation, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Nguyen Chi Vinh.
Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh has said Vietnam and ASEAN member states’ economic cooperation efforts are significant and it is necessary to take into account the guarantee of intra-regional cooperation to boost economic development.
Vietnam proposed a resolution on strengthening intra-regional cooperation to build an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) of equal development and inclusive growth at the second plenary session of the 38th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) General Assembly in the Philippines on September 19.
High-ranking officials from 77 countries participated in the
Asian-African Ministerial Meeting (AAMM) held at the Jakarta Convention
Centre in Indonesia on April 20.
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung delivered a keynote address at
the opening ceremony of the 43rd ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-43) and
other related meetings in Hanoi on July 20.
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