Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh arrives in Kuala Lumpur to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation arrived in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to begin their working visit to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

Welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, the Malaysian side included the Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek; the Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato' Tan Yang Thai; the Director of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia; and representatives from the Prime Minister's Office. The Vietnamese side included the Vietnamese Ambassador to Malaysia Dinh Ngoc Linh; embassy staff; and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Malaysia.

Welcoming Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation at Kuala Lumpur International Airport, on the Malaysian side were the Minister of Education Fadhlina Sidek; the Malaysian Ambassador to Vietnam Dato' Tan Yang Thai; the Director of Protocol, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia; and representatives from the Prime Minister's Office. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

During his three-day stay in Kuala Lumpur, the Prime Minister is expected to attend and speak at sessions within the framework of the 47th ASEAN Summit; attend the ASEAN Award ceremony and the signing ceremony of the Declaration on the admission of Timor-Leste to ASEAN; and attend ASEAN summits with partners from the United States, China, India, New Zealand, Australia, Japan, South Korea, and the United Nations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will co-chair the 13th Mekong-Japan Summit; and attend the following conferences: the 3rd ASEAN Zero-Emission Community Leaders' Meeting, the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, the 28th ASEAN + 3 Summit, the 19th East Asia Summit (EAS), and the 5th RCEP Summit…

On this occasion, the Prime Minister held bilateral meetings with leaders of countries and international organizations attending the Conference, as well as many other important activities.

The 47th ASEAN Summit and related Summits are the most important and largest series of meetings during Malaysia's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, with the participation of leaders from ASEAN countries, Timor Leste and partner countries, the UN Secretary-General, and many invited guests including leaders from countries and international organizations.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's working visit strongly conveys the message of a Vietnam that actively and responsibly participates with other member states in maintaining and strengthening ASEAN's central role and promoting its responsible voice for peace, stability, and development.

Officials and staff of the Embassy and representatives of the Vietnamese community in Malaysia warmly welcomed the Prime Minister and the Vietnamese delegation. (Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac)

For Vietnam, participation in ASEAN is strategically significant in ensuring a peaceful and secure environment, expanding development opportunities, and enhancing its standing. Vietnam's foreign policy clearly states the importance of promoting its role in multilateral mechanisms, especially ASEAN.

2025 marks three decades since Vietnam became a member of ASEAN. Experience has confirmed that joining ASEAN was a correct, historically significant, and strategic decision of the Party and State, bringing important benefits in terms of security, development, and national standing.

Joining ASEAN helped Vietnam break free from the embargo and blockade, enabling it to gradually integrate more deeply into the region and reach international prominence. With a proactive, positive, and responsible approach, Vietnam has made many practical contributions to ASEAN's success, closely linked to ASEAN's pivotal development milestones.

Vietnam's participation in ASEAN contributed to the process of admitting Laos, Myanmar, and Cambodia, completing ASEAN-10, which brings together all Southeast Asian countries, and ushering in a new era of cooperation, friendship, and trust.

Vietnam also participates and plays an important role in determining the development direction and major policy decisions of ASEAN, contributing actively and responsibly to maintaining the unity, solidarity, and central role of ASEAN, building and strengthening the principled stance and balanced common voice of ASEAN on international and regional issues.

Thirty years of participation in ASEAN have witnessed Vietnam's growing maturity and prestige, from a process of familiarization and learning to proactive and active participation, and now its readiness to assume important responsibilities and gradually develop a leading role. In particular, Vietnam's ASEAN Chairmanship in 2020 left a strong mark on its role and leadership capacity, guiding the region through the unprecedented difficulties of the Covid-19 pandemic, achieving all set goals in the spirit of "Cohesion and Proactive Adaptation," strengthening solidarity, maintaining the momentum of cooperation, and proactively orienting a new phase of development with the initiative to build the ASEAN Community Vision after 2025.

In its role as coordinator of relations between ASEAN and numerous partners (such as China, India, Japan, South Korea, etc.), Vietnam has effectively played a bridging role, deepening cooperation, elevating relationships, and making substantial contributions to peace, security, and development in the region.

Beyond the regional scope, Vietnam has implemented numerous impactful initiatives, contributing to aligning ASEAN's priorities and concerns with the international community. Among these, the initiative to organize the first session of the United Nations Security Council on ASEAN-UN cooperation in maintaining international peace and security stands out. This has helped promote cooperation between the two organizations, enhancing ASEAN's standing and Vietnam's role within ASEAN and the United Nations.

The success of the ASEAN Future Forums in Hanoi in 2024 and 2025 is clear evidence of Vietnam's leadership capacity in the discussions and orientations towards the ASEAN Community Vision 2045.

The fact that Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the high-level Vietnamese delegation to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, is an opportunity for Vietnam to once again affirm the consistent foreign policy of the Party and State of Vietnam in the spirit of independence, self-reliance, diversification, multilateralism, comprehensive and deep international integration, and working together to build an inclusive and sustainable ASEAN.

THANH GIANG

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