VGP News | ASEAN Chairmanship 2020

PM Phuc proposes deferring 36th ASEAN Summit to late June due to COVID-19 22:37 | 19/03/2020

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has proposed ASEAN counterparts to defer the upcoming 36th ASEAN Summit and the ASEAN - New Zealand Leaders' Summit, until the later half of June 2020 in Da Nang.

ASEAN economic ministers express serious concerns over COVID-19 outbreak 22:26 | 11/03/2020

VGP – ASEAN economic ministers expressed their serious concerns over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, which has affected the well-being of the peoples as well as the economies of countries around the world.

ASEAN economic ministers discuss bloc' economic cooperation agenda amid COVID-19 outbreak 18:49 | 10/03/2020

VGP – Economic ministers from 10 ASEAN member countries gathered in central city of Da Nang on Tuesday for the 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers' Retreat, during which they discussed economic cooperation plan this year.

2020 ASEAN meeting schedules remain unchanged despite COVID-19 19:49 | 20/02/2020

VGP – Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh assured that ASEAN meeting schedules in Viet Nam this year remain unchanged.

ASEAN Defense Ministers issue joint statement on defense cooperation against disease outbreaks 18:33 | 19/02/2020

VGP - Defense Ministers of ASEAN member countries have issued a Joint Statement on defense cooperation against disease outbreaks in Ha Noi on February 19.

Deputy PM to attend special ASEAN-China meeting on response to Covid-19 10:09 | 18/02/2020

VGP – Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh will attend the fifth Mekong-Lancang Cooperation (MLC) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Vientiane, Laos, from February 19 to 20, at the invitation of Lao Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.

ASEAN Chair’s Statement in response to Covid-19 outbreak 10:13 | 15/02/2020

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has issued an ASEAN Chair’s Statement on the bloc’s collective response to novel Coronavirus (Covid-19) outbreak.

Senior officials to discuss ASEAN economic integration next week 18:05 | 07/02/2020

VGP – The 37th meeting of the High-level Taskforce on ASEAN economic integration (HLTF-EI) will take place in Ha Noi on February 12-13, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

Senior officials to discuss ASEAN economic integration next week 18:05 | 07/02/2020

VGP – The 37th meeting of the High-level Taskforce on ASEAN economic integration (HLTF-EI) will take place in Ha Noi on February 12-13, according to the Vietnamese Foreign Ministry.

VN proposes ASEAN nations join hands in tackling nCoV 10:05 | 05/02/2020

VGP – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc suggested ASEAN nations join hands in coping with the novel coronavirus (nCoV) epidemic during his phone call with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on February 4.