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1. We, the Foreign Ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), met on 31 July 2019 at the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM) in Bangkok. We underlined the need to further strengthen cooperation and advance our partnership to ensure sustainability in all dimensions for ASEAN amidst the rapid changes in Southeast Asia and beyond.   ASEAN COMMUNITY-BUILDING 2. We reaffirmed our commitment to the full and effective implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and the ASEAN Leaders’ Vision Statement on Partnership for Sustainability. We reaffirmed the importance of maintaining ASEAN centrality and unity in our community-building efforts, engagement with external partners and regional architecture. We commended the ongoing work of all ASEAN Sectoral Bodies and Organs for progress in the implementation of the ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC), ASEAN Economic Community (AEC), and ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) … [Read more...] about Joint Communique of 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

Foreign migrant workers in Thailand (Photo: AFP/VNA) Amid globalization, migrant workers have contributed to the economic growth and sustainable development of the countries that send and receive them. People living along the borders of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand, and Vietnam frequently move to the neighboring country. Initiated by Thailand, the 5 countries’ Ministers of Labor and Senior Officials convened their first meeting in 2015 to seek better management of migrants. Since then they have met every 2 years to discuss migration-related policies, social insurance, and human resource development. Migrant management tightened The 5 countries have cooperated to provide social welfare to migrants, share information, and build common mechanisms to better manage them. At the 3rd Ministers of Labor Meeting held in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on September 17, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs Doan Mau Diep said the mechanism for strengthening … [Read more...] about Five ASEAN nations strengthen protection of migrant rights

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen inspect the Guard of Honor at the official welcome ceremony at the Presidential Palace in Ha Noi on October 4, 2019. Phojtoo: VGP      >>> Vietnamese, Cambodian PMs say bilateral relationship is cohesive, durable and inseparable      >>> VN, Cambodia review border work, sign new border treaty      >>> PM Hun Sen supports establishment of VN-Cambodia special economic zone  1. At the invitation of H.E. Nguyen Xuan Phuc, Prime Minister of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Samdech Akka Moha Sena Padei Techo Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, led a high-level delegation of the Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia to pay an official visit to the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam from 04 to 05 October 2019. 2. During the visit, Samdech Techo Prime … [Read more...] about Full Viet Nam-Cambodia Joint Statement