Prime Minister concludes working trip to attend 47th ASEAN Summit

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation have left Malaysia for home, successfully concluding their working trip to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

On the evening of October 28, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation left Kuala Lumpur to return home, successfully concluding their working trip to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Kuala Lumpur for home, successfully concluding his working trip to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

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Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang said that in the common success, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's profound, sincere and frank statements at the conferences emphasized the importance of peace and stability, stating that this is a prerequisite for development, promoting the significance of ASEAN solidarity, affirming Vietnam's commitment to contributing to ASEAN, for the vital interests of people and businesses.

"The Prime Minister's sharing, especially the proposal for ASEAN to strongly promote three strategic resources - solidarity, dynamic vitality and innovation - has been acknowledged and highly appreciated by member countries and partners for its sense of responsibility, correctness of content and feasibility and effectiveness of implementation direction," Mr. Giang affirmed.

In just 3 days of attending the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had bilateral meetings and contacts with leaders of more than 20 partners, including all ASEAN countries, many leaders of major partner countries, and leaders of international and regional organizations. The meetings and exchanges, although short, achieved many specific and substantive results, the most notable of which were:

Firstly, political trust between Vietnam and other countries has been strengthened. All countries wish to strengthen relations with Vietnam. The fact that US President Donald Trump, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, new Japanese Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae, Brazilian President Lula da Silva, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and many other leaders all agreed with Vietnam's proposal to increase high-level delegation exchanges in the coming time shows that countries recognize and appreciate Vietnam's role in the region, support Vietnam's stability, development, and increasingly important role in ASEAN and in the international arena.

Second, Vietnam and its important and key partners have "finalized" many important issues that reflect Vietnam's common interests with its partners. Chinese Prime Minister Li Qiang agreed to actively promote the groundbreaking of the Hanoi - Hai Phong - Lao Cai high-speed railway. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would soon announce a $20 million project to build a smart coastal city that can adapt to natural disasters and climate change.

World Bank Vice President Carlos Felipe Jaramillo affirmed that he will respond to Vietnam's requests for faster and more effective resource mobilization in supporting Vietnam's socio-economic development goals.

In particular, a very important highlight on this occasion was that Vietnam and the US announced the Joint Statement on the Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade Agreement on October 26.

"These are all important steps that contribute to creating a stable and sustainable foundation in Vietnam's relations with important and key partners, contributing to mobilizing more external resources to realize the country's strategic goals, especially the double-digit growth target since the 14th Party Congress," Mr. Giang emphasized.

Third, in the exchange, it can be seen that the partners truly support and want Vietnam to play a bigger role in ASEAN, in the Asia-Pacific region as well as in the international arena.

Leaders of many countries and international organizations are very impressed with the speed of development of Vietnam in the past decades. Partners all affirm that they respect the role and position of Vietnam, and hope that Vietnam will support the promotion of cooperation between countries and ASEAN. This shows that countries see Vietnam as one of the key member countries, capable of leading in ASEAN.

Source: https://thanhnien.vn/thu-tuong-ket-thuc-chuyen-cong-tac-tham-du-hoi-nghi-cap-cao-asean-47-18525102822552237.htm