HCMCity (VNA) – The ASEAN Village will take place for the first timeat the 23-9 Park, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City from September 21-24.
Theevent is organised by the municipal Department of External Affairs and the ConsulatesGeneral of the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) membernations.
Thecultural exchange event aims to mark the 50th founding anniversary of ASEAN andthe 22nd anniversary of Vietnam's admission to the bloc.
Foundedin 1967, the 10-member ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
ASEAN is one of Vietnam’s leading trading partners and an importantdriving force in helping Vietnam’s economy maintain its exports and growth overrecent years.-VNA