Vietnam attends ASEAN-EU dialogue on sustainable development

Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung has put forth four promising cooperation areas between ASEAN and EU in sustainable development, including the strengthening of bilateral, regional and inter-regional economic, trade and investment connectivity, especially the implementation of the ASEAN-EU free trade agreement in the future.
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Bangkok (VNA) – Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister NguyenQuoc Dung has put forth four promising cooperation areas between ASEAN and EUin sustainable development, including the strengthening of bilateral, regionaland inter-regional economic, trade and investment connectivity, especially theimplementation of the ASEAN-EU free trade agreement in the future.

Addressing the ASEAN-EU Dialogue on Sustainable Development in Bangkok, Thailand,on November 17, Dung stressed the need to optimise the effectiveness ofexisting mechanisms between the two sides, especially missions of EU countriesin ASEAN, in order to speed up cooperation, consultations and the implementationof joint projects.

The Deputy Minister pointed to the need to build a specific policy toimplement UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with focus placed on thepeople.

Especially, it is crucial to pay greater attention to educational,scientific and technological development as a new momentum for growth andinnovation, aiming to equip the youth with capacity and skills, he said.

At the dialogue, the first of its kind held at Thailand’s proposal,participants recognised the great potentials of bilateral and multilateral cooperationbetween ASEAN and EU in global issues and sustainable growth.

They acknowledge EU’s significant contribution of 170 million EUR to theFund for Development Cooperation in the 2014-2020 period to support ASEAN’sintegration activities, along with a 2 billion EUR aid through bilateralchannels.

They lauded the launching of three new joint cooperation programmesworth 85 million EUR, including a 20-EUR programme on enhanced regionalEU-ASEAN dialogue instrument, a 40 million EUR ASEAN Regional IntegrationSupport, and a 25 million EUR programme on promoting the rights and femalemigrant workers in ASEAN.

They also sought traditional and renovated partnership methods betweenthe two sides, including tripartite affiliation and South-South partnership,while discussing the possibility of forming an ASEAN centre for promotingresearch and dialogue on sustainable development.  
The delegates agreed to hold the second dialoguein 2019, while promoting the mechanism through the building of a roadmap fordevelopment cooperation between ASEAN and EU basing on the bilateral plan ofaction for the 2018-2022 period.-VNA
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