Ambassador Pham Thanh Binh attends ASEAN-China Week 2025

On November 17, the ASEAN-China Center (ACC) coordinated with the Fujian Provincial Government to hold the opening ceremony of the ASEAN-China Week 2025 in Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, China.

High-level thematic dialogue within the framework of ASEAN-China Week 2025.

The ASEAN-China Week 2025 showcases the remarkable achievements in the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership over the past years, creating a strategic foundation for policy dialogue, practical cooperation and people-to-people exchanges, while mobilizing wisdom and strength to build a more cohesive ASEAN-China community.

Speaking at the opening ceremony, ACC Secretary General Shi Zhongjun affirmed that the complex changes in the external environment are not barriers to cooperation, but strategic opportunities for China and ASEAN to focus their efforts inward and improve their capacity. Unity is the key for the two sides to find common solutions in the face of a volatile world, creating a more open and prosperous future for the Asia- Pacific region as well as the whole world.

He said that China and ASEAN should take strategic alignment as the guiding principle, jointly draw up development plans; uphold the principles of openness and integration, pursue win-win cooperation; prioritize innovation-oriented development and share the benefits of science and technology; focus on policy adjustment and mutual learning in governance; and utilize people-to-people exchanges as a bridge to build a close relationship between the two peoples.

Ambassador Pham Thanh Binh spoke at the High-Level Thematic Dialogue as a speaker.

Speaking at the High-Level Dialogue as a speaker, Vietnamese Ambassador to China Pham Thanh Binh said that over the past years, the ASEAN-China Comprehensive Strategic Partnership has maintained a positive momentum of development. ASEAN-China relations are one of the most dynamic and comprehensive relations of ASEAN. In an environment with many potential risks and uncertainties, the two sides need to continue to maintain a positive momentum of cooperation, with a number of orientations:

Implement concretely and substantially the decisions and agreements of the two sides' leaders; strengthen response to emerging issues such as cybercrime, transnational crime, and climate change, with the hope that China will continue to participate and make active contributions to ASEAN-led mechanisms, and work with ASEAN to promote standards of conduct.

Strengthening cooperation in the fields of trade, investment, digital economy , green economy, science and technology, innovation, human resources training, tourism and people-to-people exchange, effectively implementing ACFTA 3.0.

Strengthening strategic connectivity between ASEAN and China, first of all soft connectivity, especially in implementing the ASEAN Community Vision 2045 with China's 100-year development goals by the middle of this century; developing infrastructure connecting ASEAN and China, especially in the fields of railways and roads; establishing innovation networks, research institutes and joint laboratories; enhancing exchanges on green technology and digital transformation.

Maintain dialogue, strengthen trust, and strive to realize the common vision of peace, security, and development; fully and effectively implement the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), and soon reach an effective and substantive Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC) in accordance with international law, including the 1982 UNCLOS, and harmonize the legitimate interests of the parties.

On this occasion, Ambassador Pham Thanh Binh also shared some of Vietnam's policies in the current context.

Ambassador Pham Thanh Binh and speakers at the High-Level Dialogue Session.

The event was organized by the ASEAN-China Center (ACC) in coordination with the Fujian Provincial Government.

Source: https://baoquocte.vn/dai-su-pham-thanh-binh-tham-du-tuan-le-asean-trung-quoc-2025-334704.html