ASEAN+3 open research group meeting on financial cooperation
VGP – The first ASEAN+3 research group meeting on financial cooperation among ASEAN countries and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea was convened today in Hà Nội.
The meeting
placed focus on regional financial cooperation programs which will be reported
to the 14th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting and the ASEAN 3 Finance
Ministers’ Meeting scheduled in early April in Việt
Photo:
VGP/Giang Oanh
During the meetings,
which last until March 5, nine topics are put on the table, namely results of
researches on regional financial cooperation programs; trade payment and risk
management; economic monitoring mechanisms in ASEAN and East Asia; activities
to realize the Asia Bond Market Initiative (ABMI); the multilateralization of
the Chiang Mai Initiative; the liberalization of financial services; the capital
account liberalization; the roadmap to implement the plan on capital
market development; the infrastructure fund; and the performance of ASEAN and
ASEAN 3.
As the host to the ASEAN and
ASEAN 3 Ministers’ Meeting in 2010, Vietnamese agencies are actively preparing
for the successful regional meetings.
