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In the economic aspect, we have identified important objectives. On February 14, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc issued the ASEAN Chair’s statement on increasing cooperation and solidarity among member countries in the fight against Covid-19. ASEAN Economic Ministers met in Da Nang on March 10 and released a statement on the bloc’s economic resilience in response to the outbreak. On April 22, ASEAN and Japanese economic ministers officially approved a joint statement on economic resilience initiatives in response to Covid-19. Leaders of ASEAN and ASEAN+3 (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) also held a special April summit on Covid-19 response. … [Read more...] about Vietnam plays leading role in restoring ASEAN economy after pandemic

He affirmed that, together with efforts to cope with the disease, Vietnam will work closely with other ASEAN countries and partners, including Australia, to maintain ASEAN's activities through teleconferences, continue to actively promote orientations and priorities for cooperation set out in 2020 and the implementation of the Community Vision 2025, strengthen ASEAN mechanisms, develop the Mekong sub-region, and expand partnerships for peace and sustainable development. … [Read more...] about Vietnam joins 32nd ASEAN – Australia Forum

Hanoi (VNA) – Leaders of friendship organisations of ASEAN member nations and China held a special video meeting on May 19 to discuss response to the COVID-19 pandemic and ways to boost people-to-people exchanges in the new situation. Speaking at the event, President of the Vietnam Union of Friendship Organisations (VUFO) Nguyen Phuong Nga shared Vietnam’s experience in combating COVID-19, with the motto “fighting the epidemic like fighting the enemy” kept in mind. As the ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam has worked closely with other member states to contain the novel coronavirus through an unified, multi-sectoral and community-based approach, she said. The ASEAN countries, in many ways, have cooperated closely with the World Health Organisation (WHO) and partners, including China, to produce prompt and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Nga added. She urged the countries to maintain a peaceful, stable and cooperative environment in the region to push … [Read more...] about ASEAN, China’s friendship organisations hold video meeting on COVID-19

Both sides consented to bolster bilateral substantive ties, improve the efficiency of cooperation in a multitude of fields via the effective implementation of the Action Programme to carry out bilateral strategic partnership and regular maintenance of cooperation mechanisms, especially the ministerial-level Joint Commission for Bilateral Cooperation. … [Read more...] about Vietnamese, Philippine leaders talk cooperation amid COVID-19

Hanoi (VNA) - An online table-top exercise (TTX) on COVID-19 response among ASEAN member states’ military medicine forces was held on May 27, chaired by the Vietnamese Defence Ministry’s Military Medical Department. The exercise attracted the participation of observers, representatives from the Ministries of Defence and Foreign Affairs of ASEAN member states, representatives from the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on Disaster Management (AHA Centre), and delegates from the military medicine forces of China, India, Japan, the US, Australia, Russia, and the Republic of Korea. The TTX aimed at assessing the experience of ASEAN states’ military medicine forces in response to the pandemic, defining the relationship between the military medicine force and other forces in this fight, and analysing any shortcomings based on the World Health Organisation’s Strategic Preparedness and Response Plan (SPRP), so as to build a joint plan of action to … [Read more...] about ASEAN military medicine forces join online COVID-19 response exercise