Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends and delivers a speech at the plenary session of the 46th ASEAN Summit. (Photo: Duong Giang/VNA)

According to a special correspondent of the Vietnam News Agency, on the morning of May 26, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Timor Leste attended the opening session, starting activities within the framework of the 46th ASEAN Summit and related Summits held in the capital Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

In addition to the leaders of ASEAN countries and Timor Leste, the conference will also be attended by ministers and senior officials of the three pillars of the ASEAN Community, the Foreign Minister and senior officials of Timor Leste, the Secretary General of ASEAN and relevant parties. The conference is expected to welcome about 1,000 delegates with hundreds of domestic and foreign reporters to cover the event.

The Vietnamese high-ranking delegation attended these summits with a consistent message of being proactive, responsible and ready to contribute more to the common work of ASEAN.

Vietnam hopes to work with member countries to shape strategic orientations and specific measures to further consolidate the foundation of regional cooperation, while raising the position of the ASEAN Community in the coming period.

Chaired by Malaysia - the ASEAN Chair in 2025, the 46th ASEAN Summit and related Summits with the theme "Inclusiveness and Sustainability" took place from May 26-27 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Center, with the participation of leaders of ASEAN countries, Timor Leste, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries and China.

With about 10 sessions, leaders will discuss in depth the directions and measures to strengthen intra-bloc cooperation, expand connections with partners, improve economic self-reliance and seek new cooperation drivers in the context of volatile regional and international situations.

In particular, priority is given to strengthening ASEAN's central role in promoting strategic trust through dialogue, diplomacy and goodwill, expanding relations, and effective and substantive cooperation with external partner countries; sustainable and inclusive growth on the basis of promoting intra-bloc trade and investment, increasing economic cooperation and linkages with partners, connecting markets and supply chains, promoting green finance and investment, digital self-reliance; building communities, promoting narrowing the development gap and inequality, improving people's quality of life and minimizing the impact of climate change.

These conferences are of great significance, providing an opportunity for leaders to exchange, evaluate and agree on strategic directions to strengthen cooperation, maintain momentum in building the ASEAN Community, enhance response and adaptation capacity and coordinate actions, contributing to ensuring peace, stability, cooperation and prosperity.

It is expected that on May 26, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will attend the following events: Plenary Session of the 46th ASEAN Summit, Retreat Session of the 46th ASEAN Summit, Dialogue with Representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), Dialogue with Representatives of ASEAN Youth, Dialogue with Representatives of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN BAC); and a number of other important bilateral and multilateral activities./.

According to vietnamplus.vn

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