Politburo Member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung. — VNA/VNS Photo

HÀ NỘI — Deputy Prime Minister Phan Văn Giang has signed a decision establishing the organising committee for the 12th Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Việt Nam Cooperation Summit (CLMV 12) and the 11th Ayeyawady-Chao Phraya-Mekong Economic Cooperation Strategy Summit (ACMECS 11).

Under the Decision No. 1996/QD-TTg, dated October 16, 2026, the organising committee is tasked with preparing for and organising the two summits and related activities in 2026.

Politburo Member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Lê Hoài Trung serves as head of the committee.

The deputy heads are Senior Lieutenant General Phạm Thế Tùng, Member of the Party Central Committee and Deputy Minister of Public Security; Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Minh Hằng, serving as standing deputy head; and Deputy Chairman of the Government Office Đôn Tuấn Phong.

The committee's members also include representatives of relevant ministries, sectors and agencies.

Depending on the actual circumstances and requirements of the work, the committee head may decide to add or adjust members at the proposal of relevant ministries and agencies.

The committee head is responsible for assigning specific tasks to the deputy heads and members, issuing the committee's operating regulations, and deciding on the establishment of its standing body and subcommittees. The head will also bear overall responsibility for organising the summits in accordance with the plans approved by the competent authorities.

The organising committee comprises a standing body based at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and five subcommittees covering security and health care, facilities and logistics, content, protocol, and communications and culture. — VNA/VNS