A mid-term review conference on Project 161 – which looks to implement and achieve the goals laid out by the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community until 2025 – in the central region took place in Da Nang city on July 23 (Photo: VNA) Da Nang (VNA) – A mid-term review conference on Project 161 – which looks to implement and achieve the goals laid out by the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community until 2025 – in the central region took place in Da Nang city on July 23. Speaking at the event, Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep said the ASEAN Community was officially established on December 31, 2015 on the pillars of political-security, economic, and socio-cultural communities, marking an important milestone to lift ASEAN collaboration to a greater height and requiring member states to build a community of over 630 million people in an environment of peace, friendship, and mutual support and development. Towards achieving the … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s master plan on ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community 2025 updated
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PM looks ahead at ASEAN Summit
Viet Nam News VIENTIANE - In a speech delivered to the plenary session of the 28th ASEAN Summit-which opened in Laos yesterday-Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc urged ASEAN member states to strengthen consultations and raise a common voice on regional issues directly impacting regional security and development. The Prime Minister underscored the need to enhance ASEAN's capacity and self-reliance and to uphold the bloc's central role. In addition, he urged the summit to identify priorities towards the implementation of the ASEAN Vision 2025 and action plans for each pillar. On the political-security pillar, ASEAN needs to promote trust-building activities, preventive diplomatic measures, ASEAN's code of conduct, and law abidance-especially the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. Together, he said, ASEAN nations can contribute to peace and security by working closely together to prevent conflict risks in the region and to cope with non-traditional security challenges, … [Read more...] about PM looks ahead at ASEAN Summit
ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue Joint Communiqué
“JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 49th ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING VIENTIANE, 24 JULY 2016 ‘TURNING VISION INTO REALITY FOR A DYNAMIC ASEAN COMMUNITY’ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 24 July 2016 at the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, under the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community”. His Excellency Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting. ASEAN COMMUNITY BUILDING ASEAN Community Vision 2025 1. With the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community on 31 December 2015, we resolved to continue deepening and advancing ASEAN community building as well as regional integration. We reaffirmed our commitment to the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the three new Blueprints which set out the future direction for a politically cohesive, economically … [Read more...] about ASEAN Foreign Ministers issue Joint Communiqué
Joint Communiqué of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
Foreign ministers at the ASEAN-Japan Ministerial Meeting as part of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings (Photo: VNA) Vientiane (VNA) – The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a Joint communiqué in Vientiane on July 24. The following is the full text of the joint communiqué. “JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ OF THE 49th ASEAN FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING VIENTIANE, 24 JULY 2016 ‘TURNING VISION INTO REALITY FOR A DYNAMIC ASEAN COMMUNITY’ We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 24 July 2016 at the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Vientiane, Lao PDR, under the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community”. His Excellency Saleumxay Kommasith, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lao PDR, chaired the Meeting. ASEAN COMMUNITY BUILDING ASEAN Community Vision 2025 1. With the formal establishment of the ASEAN Community … [Read more...] about Joint Communiqué of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting
ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum 2008 Opens In City
The ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum 2008 opened Tuesday at the campus of National University in Thu Duc District. The forum will last until Aug. 1. The five-day forum will help participants better understand the culture of ASEAN member countries, thus contributing to friendship and development in the region. The event was attended by Mr. Piniti Ratananukul, director of the ASEAN University Network, which includes 115 teachers and students of the universities from Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam. Participants will engage in a wide range of activities, including a discussion of the cultural of ASEAN countries, a seminar on Viet Nam's royal dance, a water puppetry show, don ca tai tu (southern amateur music), a visit to a floating market in the delta, and the ASEAN Youth Cultural Festival. The delegates took part in a discussion of the cultural character of the ASEAN countries and viewed a presentation on … [Read more...] about ASEAN Youth Cultural Forum 2008 Opens In City