According to the announcement of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs , at the invitation of the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Chairman of the 42nd ASEAN Summit, Mr. Joko Widodo, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead the Vietnamese delegation to attend the 42nd ASEAN Summit (ASS) from May 9-11, 2023 in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.
In the spirit of proactiveness, positivity, responsibility, flexibility and creativity, the Vietnamese delegation will closely coordinate with the chair country Indonesia and ASEAN countries to contribute to the overall success of the conference.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh . (Photo: VNA)
At the conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh is expected to deliver important speeches, sharing Vietnam's views on ASEAN's priorities, making proposals to strengthen the ASEAN community building process, enhancing relations between ASEAN and its partners, and discussing regional and international issues of mutual concern.
On this occasion, the Prime Minister will have meetings with leaders of countries to promote bilateral cooperation as well as discuss issues of mutual concern at conferences.
With the theme "One ASEAN of Stature: The Heart of Growth", Indonesia, the ASEAN Chair 2023, has put forward many specific priorities and initiatives to enhance ASEAN's response capacity and make ASEAN a global growth driver, with a special focus on energy security, food security, health self-reliance, and financial-economic stability.
Accordingly, the Indonesian President made many proposals on all three pillars of the Community to bring ASEAN closer and better serve the interests of the people; notably: promoting recovery and reconstruction of regional growth through market connectivity and enhancing competitiveness, accelerating inclusive digital economic transformation, implementing the ASEAN One Health initiative, protecting migrant workers and people with disabilities, connecting villages for rural development, responding to climate change, fighting haze, protecting biodiversity, etc.
The sessions of the 42nd ASEAN Summit will focus on discussing the process of building the ASEAN community, focusing on the theme “ASEAN Stature: The Heart of Growth”; exchanging on international and regional issues of common concern. At the dialogue sessions with representatives of AIPA, Youth, ABAC: ASEAN leaders will discuss issues of common concern, encourage the active participation and substantial contributions of member parliaments, youth representatives, and the ASEAN business community to the process of building the ASEAN community, enhance understanding and cohesion among the people of the countries, build identity and community awareness, contributing to the realization of a people-oriented, people-centered ASEAN Community.
At the dialogue session with the HLTF Group, ASEAN leaders will discuss and provide guidance on building the ASEAN Community Vision after 2025, towards a united and self-reliant ASEAN, with the capacity to respond effectively and adapt flexibly to rapid movements in the world and the region.
It is expected that the 42nd ASEAN Summit will adopt many important documents on cooperation areas across all three pillars of the political-security, economic and socio-cultural community, notably the Declarations on the ASEAN Community Vision after 2025, strengthening ASEAN's institutional capacity and effectiveness, responding to human trafficking due to the illegal use of technology, establishing an electric vehicle ecosystem in the region, the ASEAN One Health Initiative, establishing the ASEAN Village Network and promoting regional payment connectivity and increasing transactions in local currencies.
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