Participants at the meeting (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Ambassador Tran Duc Binh, head of Vietnam'spermanent mission to ASEAN, has attended the 9th Meeting of the Joint Council of the ASEAN – China Centre (ACC) in Xian, China.
The annual meeting reviewed ACC’s activities in 2019 and approved a plan for thecentre’s operations in 2020.
Accordingly, the centre successfully implemented 23 projects to promote trade, investment,tourism, and education cooperation, and culture and people-to-people exchange betweenASEAN member nations and China.
The 2019 ASEAN-China IntelligentIndustry Conference, and a programme to promoteChinese firms’ investment in Vietnam, wereheld in HCM City in July 2019.
Participants said the ACC’s projects should focus on supporting the realisationof decisions by the ASEAN-China Summit, including the ASEAN - China Strategic Partnership Vision2030, the ASEAN-China Leaders' Statement on Smart City Cooperation, and the ASEAN Plus Three Leaders' Statement on Connecting theConnectivities Initiative.
At the event, Ambassador Binh mentioned Vietnam’s priorities in 2020when the country undertakes its role as ASEAN Chair, affirming that Vietnam will support andclosely work with China, other ASEAN member states, and the ACC’s Secretariat toeffectively implement the centre’s 2020 operation plan.
Initiated in Beijing in 2009, the ACC aims to provide information and organiseactivities in order to foster the ASEAN-China cooperation in terms of trade,investment, tourism, education, culture, and information and communication./.
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