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Vietnam committed to building strong ASEAN Community

Vietnam is committed to closely coordinating with the ASEAN Secretariat and other member states in building a strong ASEAN Community, said Vietnam’s new Permanent Representative to ASEAN Tran Duc Binh on August 6.
Vietnam committed to building strong ASEAN Community ảnh 1New Permanent Representative to ASEAN Tran Duc Binh (L) presents his Letter of Credence to ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi on August 6 (Photo: VNA)

Jakarta (VNA) – Vietnam is committed to closelycoordinating with the ASEAN Secretariat and other member states in building astrong ASEAN Community, said Vietnam’s new Permanent Representative to ASEANTran Duc Binh on August 6.

Presenting his Letter of Credence to ASEAN Secretary-GeneralDato Lim Jock Hoi in Jakarta, Indonesia, Binh said Vietnam attaches greatimportance to ASEAN in its foreign policy and pledges to play a part in furtherenhancing the role and position of ASEAN so as to contribute to the region’speace, stability and cooperation as well improve the capacity of the ASEANSecretariat.

At the same time, Vietnam is ready to coordinate andsupport the ASEAN Secretariat in performing its tasks as part of the efforts towidely promote the ASEAN Community among people and businesses in the region,he added.

For his part, ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoicongratulated Binh on his new position. He stressed that ASEAN has beenactively building the ASEAN Community on three pillars of Politics-Security,Economy and Socio-Culture, further deepening its external relations andconsolidating its centrality and solidarity.

He spoke highly of Vietnam’s contribution to activitiesof the Committee of Permanent Representatives to ASEAN (CPR) and the country’scoordination with the ASEAN Secretariat, saying he is looking forward tocontinued cooperation with the ambassador and Vietnam’s PermanentRepresentative Mission to ASEAN in the time ahead.

He said he is willing to assist Vietnam in preparing forand assuming the role as Chair of ASEAN in 2020 as well as in translating goalsand priorities set by the country to elevate ASEAN collaboration to a newheight.

The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN was founded onFebruary 26, 2009 to represent Vietnam in ASEAN activities and those betweenASEAN and partners as well as support the ASEAN Secretariat, which is based inJakarta, Indonesia.–VNA 
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