ASEAN enhances mineral-related cooperation with China, Japan, RoK
The 14th meeting between senior officials on minerals of 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) (ASOMM+3) was held via videoconference on October 7.
Vietnamese delegates participating in ASOMM+3 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The 14th meeting between senior officialson minerals of 10 ASEAN countries and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea(RoK) (ASOMM+3) was held via videoconference on October 7.
Nguyen Thanh Thao, Deputy Director of the Department ofScience, Technology and International Cooperation under the General Departmentof Geology and Minerals of Vietnam said that within the ASEAN+3 framework ofcooperation, many cooperation activities on mineralexploitation have been implemented and achieved remarkable results.Accordingly, the countries have discussed, agreed on and carried outcooperation measures to promote effective management in the region towardsenvironmental protection and sustainable development.
In the coming time, ASEAN+3 countries need to support theregion’s mining industry to recover and develop after the COVID-19 pandemic,maintain and strengthen the connectivity of mineral product supply chains in asustainable and complementary manner, intensifying financial cooperation,making use of science and technology advances, and mobilising privateinvestment in cooperation in infrastructure development, green finance andhuman resource development in the mining industry, stressed Thao.
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According to Le Quoc Hung, deputy head of the GeneralDepartment of Geology and Minerals of Vietnam, over the years, Vietnam's miningindustry has demonstrated its role and position in national socio-economicdevelopment, and is getting closer to the level of developed countries.
In addition, the sector has actively contributed to theimplementation of the Party's guidelines and the Government's directions onexternal affairs related to the protection and sustainable development ofnatural resources and minerals, and to promoting international cooperation inbilateral and multilateral frameworks, he added.
Ito Yusuke, deputy head of the Minerals and MiningDepartment under the Japanese Agency for Natural Resources and Energy, saidthat Japan wishes to maintain its cooperation with ASEAN countries to promotethe development of the mineral industry in accordance with specificcharacteristics of each country.
At the meeting, with the development of a new cooperation planfor 2022-2025, participating countries showed their commitment to pursuing policy improvements inthe mineral value chain and sustainable mineral governance, and building aneffective ASEAN mineral database to facilitate investment in mineralexploration and development in the region./.
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Vietnamese delegates participating in ASOMM+3 (Photo: VNA) 
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