Việt Nam News

ASEAN leaders approved the ASEAN Comprehensive Recovery Framework and its implementation plan on Thursday at the plenary session of the 37th ASEAN Summit in Hà Nội.

The 37th ASEAN Summit and related summits officially kicked off on Thursday morning in the form of teleconference, focusing discussions on responding to COVID-19 and economic recovery in the post-pandemic period.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on Wednesday inspected preparations for the 37th ASEAN Summit which will be held as a video conference on November 12.

Nguyễn Quốc Dũng, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of Việt Nam's ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting, speaks to media about the contributions of Việt Nam, as ASEAN Chair 2020, to regional efforts to build the ASEAN Community and cope with the COVID-19 pandemic

Việt Nam is proud to be a responsible and active member of the association with significant contributions to developing ASEAN.

On the threshold of the ASEAN Summit and ASEAN-RoK Summit held within the 37th ASEAN Summit, Vietnam News Agency correspondents in Seoul interviewed ASEAN Korea Centre (AKC) Secretary-General Lee Hyuk about the prospects of ASEAN-ROK ties in the future and the role of Việt Nam in its chairmanship year

In a recent interview with a Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Singapore, Choi Shing Kwok, director of the ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute and head of ASEAN Studies Centre at the institute, shared his views of the 37th ASEAN Summit and Việt Nam’s role as ASEAN chair in 2020

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc yesterday said he hoped in the next five years, a billion trees would be planted in Việt Nam.

Colombia, Cuba and South Africa have joined the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC) during the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings in Hà Nội.

On the threshold of the 37th ASEAN Summit and related meetings which Việt Nam is hosting from November 12 and 15, Vietnam News Agency correspondent in Jakarta, Indonesia spoke to Veeramalla Anjaiah, a Jakarta-based senior journalist and the author of the book “Azerbaijan Seen from Indonesia"

At the meeting held ahead of the 37th ASEAN Summit slated for November 12-15, the ministers expressed pleasure at the new developments of the APSC despite a range of difficulties, as well as the adverse impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Major General Tô Ân Xô, deputy head of the standing board of the Sub-committee for Security and Health under the Việt Nam’s National ASEAN 2020 Committee, talks to Vietnam News Agency about preparations for the 37th ASEAN Summit.

Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng said the Government is considering a proposal for a Code of Conduct for cyberspace in Việt Nam and will issue the code by the end of this year.

As negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) have been completed, member countries of the agreement are finalising procedures to prepare for the expected signing on November 15 during the 37th ASEAN Summit this week, said Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyễn Quốc Dũng.

The ASEAN Women CEOs Summit was held in Hà Nội today with the theme “Making changes for a stronger and more responsive women entrepreneur community”.

The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Preparatory Meeting is being held today via video conference.

The ASEAN People’s Forum (APF) 2020 concluded on Saturday after three days of sitting with two plenary sessions and 24 workshops covering 11 different topics.

UAE President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan sent a cable of condolences to Nguyễn Phú Trọng of the Socialist Republic of Việt Nam on victims of the recent floods in central Việt Nam that has resulted in serious economic damages and loss of human lives.