More than 200 students from the Association of Southeast Asian Nation (ASEAN) member countries are gathering for the Youth Model ASEAN Conference (YMAC) 2014 in Singapore Polytechnic.
The December 19 – 22 conference, themed “Voices Today, Echoes Tomorrow”, aims at fostering international relations and regional cooperation via the engagement of ASEAN youth.
It connects the young people and equips them with informative knowledge on ASEAN’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and challenges, particularly on the establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.
Acting the role as diplomats, prominent delegates are involving in a learning journey at the conference through researches and debates on current regional and global issues faced by the region. The issues revolve around the themes of Environment, Economics, Society, Security, and Arts & Culture.
This is the first time all ten ASEAN members having their representatives at an YMAC, said Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University , and Director of the School’s Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.
He also urged the youths to spread the awareness of ASEAN and its aims to their communities.
Secretary-General of YMAC 2014 Shane Soh Shi Nan, stressed that the conference is expected to boost young people’s attention on their national and regional issues.
Vietnam ’s delegation to the event includes 12 outstanding students from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi and Duy Tan University in central Da Nang city.
The students have enthusiastically joined discussions, learned from their new regional friends as well as taking this chance to promote the culture of their hometown via numerous traditional games.-VNA
The December 19 – 22 conference, themed “Voices Today, Echoes Tomorrow”, aims at fostering international relations and regional cooperation via the engagement of ASEAN youth.
It connects the young people and equips them with informative knowledge on ASEAN’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and challenges, particularly on the establishment of an ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) by 2015.
Acting the role as diplomats, prominent delegates are involving in a learning journey at the conference through researches and debates on current regional and global issues faced by the region. The issues revolve around the themes of Environment, Economics, Society, Security, and Arts & Culture.
This is the first time all ten ASEAN members having their representatives at an YMAC, said Ong Keng Yong, Executive Deputy Chairman of the S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies, Nanyang Technological University , and Director of the School’s Institute of Defence and Strategic Studies.
He also urged the youths to spread the awareness of ASEAN and its aims to their communities.
Secretary-General of YMAC 2014 Shane Soh Shi Nan, stressed that the conference is expected to boost young people’s attention on their national and regional issues.
Vietnam ’s delegation to the event includes 12 outstanding students from the University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi and Duy Tan University in central Da Nang city.
The students have enthusiastically joined discussions, learned from their new regional friends as well as taking this chance to promote the culture of their hometown via numerous traditional games.-VNA
