Vietnam to host ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with the Ministry of Transport’s proposal to host the 25th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting (ATM), the ATM with dialogue partners and related meetings in 2019.
The opening ceremony of the 23rd ASEAN Transport and Associated Dialogue Partner Meetings Ministers Meeting took place in Singapore in 2017. Illustrative photo. (Source: ASEAN.org)Hanoi (VNA) – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has agreed with the Ministry of Transport’s proposal to host the 25th ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting (ATM), the ATM with dialogue partners and related meetings in 2019.
The PM has assigned the ministry to coordinate with relevant agencies and localities to make thorough preparations for the meetings.
The first ASEAN Transport Ministers’ Meeting was held in Bali, Indonesia in 1996.
ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.-VNA
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