Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (Photo: VNA)Hanoi, April 22 (VNA) – Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance in the upcoming ASEAN Leaders' Meeting in Indonesia aims to affirm that Vietnam gives priority to strengthening solidarity and mutual support with ASEAN member states, thus boosting the bloc’s centrality and position in tackling emerging challengesand building a peaceful environment conducive to sustainable development ineach member country and the whole region.
The meeting is set to take place at the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta on April 23-24, as the bloc is making efforts to build its community, respond to COVID-19, and address non-traditional security issues.
This is the first foreign trip for Chinh since he waselected Prime Minister on April 5 by the National Assembly.
Joining ASEAN on July 28, 1995, Vietnam has been makingpractical contributions to the ASEAN Community. In 2020, as Chair of the bloc,Vietnam showed the spirit of cohesion and proactive adaptation when closelycoordinating with ASEAN member countries to overcome the challenges of theCOVID-19 pandemic, and to recover for development. Vietnam also proved itsresponsibility for common regional and international issues.
Under Vietnam’s chairmanship, the ASEAN Regional Reserve ofMedical Supplies (RRMS) for Public Health Emergencies was launched, the ASEANComprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) and its Implementation Plan wereadopted, and the ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and EmergingDiseases (ACPHEED) was established.
Building on progresses reaped last year, Vietnam is workingwith ASEAN member nations to further promote concerns and priorities in theregion, actively making contributions to common regional and international issues.
On the basis of the Hanoi Declaration on the ASEAN CommunityVision 2025 adopted at the 37th ASEAN Summit in November 2020, bloc membershave basically agreed on the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) of the senior taskforce building a post-2025 vision for ASEAN Community and a roadmapfor the work. These two documents are expected to be adopted at the ASEAN JointConsultative Meeting (JCM) in May.
As Chair of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) TaskForce, Vietnam sent to other members a draft organisation procedure of an ASEANdialogue on narrowing development gaps between sub-regions for comprehensiverecovery and sustainable development. Its proposal has been welcomed by ASEAN members.
Meanwhile, the ACRF has so far been actively implemented inthe region. As of March, 22 out of its 184 initiatives had been completed,while 82 others were under implementation. The COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund has sofar obtained 16.5 million USD worth of donations from 14 nations./.
Joining ASEAN on July 28, 1995, Vietnam has been makingpractical contributions to the ASEAN Community. In 2020, as Chair of the bloc,Vietnam showed the spirit of cohesion and proactive adaptation when closelycoordinating with ASEAN member countries to overcome the challenges of theCOVID-19 pandemic, and to recover for development. Vietnam also proved itsresponsibility for common regional and international issues.
Under Vietnam’s chairmanship, the ASEAN Regional Reserve ofMedical Supplies (RRMS) for Public Health Emergencies was launched, the ASEANComprehensive Recovery Framework (ACRF) and its Implementation Plan wereadopted, and the ASEAN Center for Public Health Emergencies and EmergingDiseases (ACPHEED) was established.
Building on progresses reaped last year, Vietnam is workingwith ASEAN member nations to further promote concerns and priorities in theregion, actively making contributions to common regional and international issues.
On the basis of the Hanoi Declaration on the ASEAN CommunityVision 2025 adopted at the 37th ASEAN Summit in November 2020, bloc membershave basically agreed on the draft Terms of Reference (TOR) of the senior taskforce building a post-2025 vision for ASEAN Community and a roadmapfor the work. These two documents are expected to be adopted at the ASEAN JointConsultative Meeting (JCM) in May.
As Chair of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) TaskForce, Vietnam sent to other members a draft organisation procedure of an ASEANdialogue on narrowing development gaps between sub-regions for comprehensiverecovery and sustainable development. Its proposal has been welcomed by ASEAN members.
Meanwhile, the ACRF has so far been actively implemented inthe region. As of March, 22 out of its 184 initiatives had been completed,while 82 others were under implementation. The COVID-19 ASEAN Response Fund has sofar obtained 16.5 million USD worth of donations from 14 nations./.
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