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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (centre) speaks at an event as part of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings in Phnom Penh. (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son stressed the importance of dialogue, trust, and sense of responsibility while attending the East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Phnom Penh on August 5. The event took place as part of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings in the capital city of Cambodia. It draw the participation of foreign ministers from ASEAN member states and EAS partners, namely China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia, New Zealand, India, Russia, and the US. Participants affirmed the specialness of the EAS, a forum established by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) for regional leaders to discuss strategic issues, thus creating prerequisites for regional cooperation to … [Read more...] about Vietnam stresses dialogue, trust, responsibility at EAS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

At the meeting between Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son and his US counterpart Antony Blinken (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attended the 29th ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) that took place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on August 5 within the framework of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting ( AMM-55 ), and held several bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the event. Participants affirmed the ARF is the most important forum of ASEAN to promote dialogue and mutual understanding. They reviewed the operation and proposed development orientations of the forum in the time to come. The attending foreign ministers welcomed the implementation of trust-building activities and preventive diplomacy, through which trust was enhanced and cooperation expanded. They agreed to give priority to cooperation in the areas of disaster relief, terrorism and transnational crime combat, maritime security, defence, peacekeeping, counter-proliferation of nuclear … [Read more...] about Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son attends 29th ARF in Phnom Penh

The pandemic has accelerated an already strong shift towards digital across the world, redrawing how we live, work, and pay. Visa’s Consumer Payment Attitudes 2021 study shows that over half of Vietnamese consumers now regularly shop online and expect to be able to pay by card or mobile even in small physical stores. “As the architect of many of the solutions enabling this change, Visa is leveraging its world-leading digital expertise to make sure this transformation is inclusive and equitable,” said Dung Dang, Visa country manager of Vietnam. “We believe the digital economy will create global prosperity because economies that include everyone everywhere.” Innovation Workable strategies to go digital and embrace innovation are becoming essential. Around 90 per cent of small businesses with a digital presence attributed their pandemic survival to e-commerce, according to the 2022 Visa Global Back to Business Study. Visa is heavily invested in creating an ecosystem of … [Read more...] about Visa paving the way to an inclusive digital economy

Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (C) at the ASEAN-RoK Foreign Ministers' Meeting. (Photo: VNA) Phnom Penh (VNA) – Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son joined his ASEAN counterparts in meetings with the US, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the EU, and Russia on August 4 within the framework of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia . The sides spent a great deal of time reviewed cooperation progress, agreed on future orientations, and exchanged views on regional and international situations. ASEAN proposes its partners maximise advantages brought by strategic and comprehensive partnerships, cooperate with the bloc in community building, and strive for common peace, stability and prosperity. . The countries suggested many extensive and diverse cooperation measures to assist ASEAN in building its community, accelerating recovery, and moving towards sustainable development. These measures covered … [Read more...] about AMM-55: ASEAN, partners review cooperation, agree on future orientations

Vietnam adheres to the ‘one-China’ policy and hopes the relevant parties to exercise restraint and not to escalate tension in the Taiwan Strait area, the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Wednesday. The foreign ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang was speaking at a press briefing in Hanoi in response to reporters’ questions about the current situation of the Taiwan Strait. Nancy Pelosi, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, had landed in Taiwan for a visit on Tuesday. Reiterating that Vietnam continues to follow the ‘one China’ policy, Hang requested all relevant parties to contain themselves and contribute to maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world. ‘One-China’ means “there is but one China in the world,” stated the Chinese Embassy in Vietnam. Taiwan is an inseparable part of China’s territory and the government of the People’s Republic of China is the only legal government representing the entirety of China, the embassy stressed. … [Read more...] about Vietnam calls for restraint amid US House Speaker’s Taiwan visit

Vietnamese airlines have been directed to adjust flight routes in order to avoid six areas near Taiwan where military exercises are being conducted by China amid tensions sparked by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to the island, Vietnam’s central aviation agency said on Wednesday. The Civil Aviation Administration of Vietnam (CAAV) released the direction after China announced its military would launch live-fire drills in six maritime areas surrounding Taiwan and their respective airspace from Thursday to Sunday and asked sea vessels and planes from other countries to avoid these zones. Accordingly, Vietnamese carriers will adjust their flight routes to ensure their planes do not fly over or near the six drill areas labeled on a map released by China, CAAV general director Dinh Viet Thang told Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper. Thang also noted that Vietnamese airlines will seek out reserve airports far from these areas. Such adjustments will increase flight distances, … [Read more...] about Vietnam’s airlines asked to avoid Chinese military drill areas near Taiwan