Vietnam chairs the 75th meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Initiative Task Force.

This is the first meeting that Vietnam has chaired in its role as Chair of the IAI Task Force in 2025.

This was the first meeting chaired by Vietnam in its role as Chair of the IAI Task Force in 2025.

On March 5th, at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters, Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, Head of the Vietnamese Delegation to ASEAN, chaired the 75th meeting of the ASEAN Integration Initiative (IAI) Task Force. This was the first meeting chaired by Vietnam in its role as Chair of the IAI Task Force in 2025.

This meeting aims to review the progress of IAI projects and propose solutions to improve the effectiveness of the IAI work plan.

Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong chaired the 75th meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Initiative Task Force.

2025 marks a significant turning point as the IAI Work Plan Phase IV (2021-2025) enters its final year of implementation, and ASEAN is actively preparing to develop the IAI Work Plan Phase V (2026-2030).

At the meeting, the IAI Task Force agreed to add four more projects from China, Japan, and Australia to the IAI program, bringing the total number of projects implemented in the Phase IV Work Plan to 99, representing 70.8% of the action lines across all five strategic areas.

In the coming period, the IAI Task Force agreed to continue to accelerate the search for funding partners for project proposals, especially in the remaining action lines in the Phase IV Work Plan, and to develop the next phase of the IAI Work Plan.

The delegates attending the meeting.

The ASEAN Integration Initiative (IAI) was adopted by ASEAN countries in 2000 with the goal of narrowing the development gap among ASEAN nations and supporting new members (initially Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, and in 2024 Timor Leste to become IAI beneficiaries) to fully integrate into the region.