Foreign ministers on Wednesday from the Association of Southeast Asia Nations have agreed to promote cooperation in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and prepare a post-pandemic recovery plan.

An official of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) has suggested continuing to review and perfect the legal framework to promote trade facilitation to ensure uninterrupted circulation of goods and supply chains in the ASEAN region.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc called for solidarity among ASEAN members to deal with challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and a complicated geopolitical and economic environment.

General Ngô Xuân Lịch, Minister of National Defense, yesterday had a phone call with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence Samdech Pichey Sena Tea Banh to evaluate the results of defence co-operation between the two sides in recent years and set out directions for future ties.

The important role of young parliamentarians in conveying desires and ideas of young voters in contributing to AIPA and its member parliaments was highlighted at their first ever unofficial meeting held today within the framework of the virtual 41st AIPA General Assembly (AIPA-41).

The member countries of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) need to work together and give priority to developing COVID-19 vaccines and ensuring people’s right to access the vaccines in response to the adverse impacts of the pandemic, said vice chairwoman of the Vietnamese National Assembly Tòng Thị Phóng.

A draft resolution titled 'The role of women parliamentarians in securing jobs and income for women workers' was adopted on Tuesday in the Meeting of Women Parliamentarians of AIPA (WAIPA) within the framework of the General Assembly of ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41).

The 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings will take place from Wednesday to Saturday under the chairmanship of Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Phạm Bình Minh.

The 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) officially kicked off on Tuesday morning via teleconference under the theme “Parliamentary Diplomacy for a Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN Community”.