Lao Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Phongsavan Sisoulat has underscored the significance of the ASEAN Future Forum 2026, touting Việt Nam’s role in bolstering the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s centrality and amplifying the bloc’s voice for peace and stability across the region and beyond.
A new national steering committee will co-ordinate efforts across government ministries to clear unexploded ordnance and remediate chemical contamination left over from wartime.
Looking ahead to 2035, the official identified three key priorities for APEC: advancing free and open trade and investment; enhancing the resilience of economies and supply chains; and maximising opportunities arising from science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and green transition to ensure sustainable and inclusive growth.
According to the Lao official, the Lao Government’s Special Task Committee will work closely with its Vietnamese counterpart to develop detailed plans and promptly launch the campaign, with the aim of achieving the best possible results.
Under the theme “Shaping Our Future Together: Peace, Prosperity and People-Centred,” the forum reflects ASEAN’s key priorities. Peace remains a prerequisite for development, prosperity is a shared goal of all member states, and placing people at the centre embodies the spirit of the ASEAN Community.
Looking ahead, the Ambassador said Việt Nam and Laos will continue to work closely to uphold ASEAN’s fundamental principles, including solidarity, consensus, respect for international law and ASEAN's centrality.
Prime Minister of Thailand Anutin Charnvirakul is scheduled to pay an official visit to Việt Nam and attend the third ASEAN Future Forum from June 8 to 9.
The Government is finalising a national labour productivity improvement scheme to submit to the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat in June, which defines productivity as the engine of fast, sustainable growth.
Deputy PM Phạm Gia Túc affirmed Việt Nam's readiness and commitment to contributing actively to efforts aimed at strengthening connectivity between ASEAN and Eurasian partners for peace, stability and shared prosperity.
So far, 48 tasks have been proposed by ministries, agencies and organisations.
Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng has issued an official dispatch on continuing the delegation of authority and the reduction and simplification of administrative procedures and business conditions.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung proposed that the two sides strengthen political trust through high-level exchanges, while maintaining existing cooperation mechanisms, particularly the Việt Nam–Angola Intergovernmental Committee and Political Consultations between the two foreign ministries.
Prime Minister Lê Minh Hưng on Thursday sent a message of congratulations to Mette Frederiksen on her re-election as Prime Minister of Denmark.
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thanh Tùng conveyed the Vietnamese top leader’s confidence that Russia will continue to be a reliable and longstanding friend of Việt Nam in its new development era.
Since the end of 2001, Đắk Lắk Province has recovered and repatriated 769 sets of remains of Vietnamese volunteer soldiers and experts who sacrificed their lives in various wartime periods in Mondulkiri province. All have been reburied with full honours at the Đắk Lắk provincial Martyrs’ Cemetery.
As a party to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) and a coastal state in the East Sea, Việt Nam consistently respects the freedom of navigation and overflight enjoyed by all nations in the region in line with international law,
Việt Nam hopes the ASEAN Future Forum will generate fresh ideas and practical solutions to strengthen regional cooperation and contribute to building a more cohesive, resilient and people-centred ASEAN.
The foreign ministry said Việt Nam strictly prohibits all forms of forced labour and will continue working constructively with Washington to address differences following a US trade investigation.
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