Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is welcomed at Labuan Bajo airport on May 9. (Photo: VNA)East Nusa Tenggara (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrived atLabuan Bajo airport, Indonesia, in May 9 afternoon, starting his participation in the activities within the framework of the 42nd ASEAN Summit from May 9-11 in Indonesia.
Besides the plenary sessions and retreats of the42nd ASEAN Summit, PM Chinh will attend dialogues between leaders of ASEAN countries and representatives of the ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the ASEAN Business Advisory Council(ABAC), and the High-Level Task Force on ASEAN Community’s Post-2025 Vision.
On this occasion, he will have bilateral meetings with Indonesian PresidentJoko Widodo, Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone, Cambodian Prime MinisterSamdech Techo Hun Sen, Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah, Malaysian PrimeMinister Anwar Ibrahim, Prime Minister of Singapore Lee Hsien Loong, Presidentof the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr, and Prime Minister of Timor Leste TaurMatan Ruak.
The PM’s participation inthe 42nd ASEAN Summit and related activities affirms that Vietnam makespositive, proactive, and responsible contributions to strengthening ASEANsolidarity and effectively responding to challenges. It also demonstratesVietnam's priorities in terms of strategic infrastructure connectivity, digitaltransformation, green transformation, food security, energy, sub-regionaldevelopment, and response to climate change, affirming the role, image, andprestige of ASEAN, thereby contributing to the building of the ASEAN Community, and upholding ASEAN's principled stance on international and regional issues.
The activitiesare an effective implementation of the foreign policy of the 13th NationalParty Congress on continuing to promote and improve the efficiency offoreign affairs and international integration and Directive 25 of theSecretariat on strengthening and raising the level of multilateraldiplomacy by 2030./.
