Vietnam has already wrapped up preparations for the hosting of the 16th Summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN 16) slated for Hanoi from April 6-9, said a government official.
ASEAN 16 will be the first high-level event this year as Vietnam holds the bloc’s presidency, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Dao Viet Trung said at international press conference in Hanoi on March 30.
The summit will focus on measures to enhance solidarity and cooperation within the group, effectively implement the ASEAN Charter and roadmaps for building the ASEAN Community, as well as deepen ASEAN’s cooperative ties with partners, thereby maintaining its role and position internationally, said Trung, who is Permanent General Secretary of the National Committee for ASEAN 2010.
The deputy minister said the ASEAN leaders will also touch upon a number of regional and global issues, adding that they are expected to approve two declarations, namely the ASEAN declaration on sustainable recovery and development and the declaration on responses to climate change.
For the first time, a plenary session will be held with the attendance of senior leaders, ministers and heads of the three ASEAN pillars--politics-security, economics, and culture-society--to seek ways of accelerating the building of the ASEAN Community by 2015.
The building of the ASEAN Economic Community will be a top priority in a move to create a united market so as to facilitate the flow of goods as well as investment, services, capital and human resources within the bloc, Trung stressed./.
ASEAN 16 will be the first high-level event this year as Vietnam holds the bloc’s presidency, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs Dao Viet Trung said at international press conference in Hanoi on March 30.
The summit will focus on measures to enhance solidarity and cooperation within the group, effectively implement the ASEAN Charter and roadmaps for building the ASEAN Community, as well as deepen ASEAN’s cooperative ties with partners, thereby maintaining its role and position internationally, said Trung, who is Permanent General Secretary of the National Committee for ASEAN 2010.
The deputy minister said the ASEAN leaders will also touch upon a number of regional and global issues, adding that they are expected to approve two declarations, namely the ASEAN declaration on sustainable recovery and development and the declaration on responses to climate change.
For the first time, a plenary session will be held with the attendance of senior leaders, ministers and heads of the three ASEAN pillars--politics-security, economics, and culture-society--to seek ways of accelerating the building of the ASEAN Community by 2015.
The building of the ASEAN Economic Community will be a top priority in a move to create a united market so as to facilitate the flow of goods as well as investment, services, capital and human resources within the bloc, Trung stressed./.
