Representatives of the five ASEAN member states in Spain (Photo: VNA)Madrid (VNA) – Vietnamese Ambassador to Spain Ngo Tien Dung on January30 chaired the first regular meeting of the ASEAN Committee in Madrid (ACM) in2019 after Vietnam has been assuming the ACM Chair since January 1.
Reviewing the ACM’s performance in 2018 and laying out orientations for 2019were the focus of the meeting’s agenda.
Undertaking the ACM Chair in the first six months of this year, the VietnameseEmbassy had already outlined the ACM’s detailed working plan, with 14 mainactivities across four pillars of political-security cooperation, economiccooperation, socio-cultural cooperation, and popularising the images of the ASEANCommunity and member states in the host nation.
The plan washighly evaluated and received approval from other ACM member states, namely Indonesia,Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand.
Earlier, the Vietnamese diplomat successfully chaired a wide range of ASEANactivities when he served as the ACM Vice Chairman.
Dung’s efforts and contributions to ACM activities have helped elevate theposition of ASEAN and its members to a new height in Spain.
The Vietnamese Embassy, on behalf of the ASEAN countries, will discuss thefuture of Asia-Europe relations and ASEM progress with several popularuniversities, and the EU Commission representative in Spain at a seminar slatedfor February 20.
The ACM Chair will be transferred to the Indonesian Embassy when Vietnamfulfills its mission in June.-VNA
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