ASEAN should maintain balanced, harmonious approach to partners: FM Son
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son on February 4 emphasised the need for ASEAN to maintain a balanced and harmonious approach to its partners, promote the effectiveness and value of ASEAN-led mechanisms, and better the building of mutual trust and understanding for cooperation in response to emerging issues.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (C) attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (Photo: VNA)
Jakarta (VNA) - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son onFebruary 4 emphasised the need for ASEAN to maintain a balanced and harmoniousapproach to its partners, promote the effectiveness and value of ASEAN-ledmechanisms, and better the building of mutual trust and understanding for cooperationin response to emerging issues.
Addressing the in Jakarta,Indonesia, Son said that initiatives in the region should come from thegoodwill of cooperation, complementarity and reciprocity to ASEAN-ledmechanisms, thus contributing to the common goal of peace, security, stabilityand development.
Sharing common concerns about unpredictable regional andinternational fluctuations, the Vietnamese minister stressed that ASEAN needsto maintain solidarity, self-reliance and flexible adaptation, strengtheninternal resources, and promote its centrality.
He reaffirmed the importance of maintaining peace,stability, security and safety of navigation and aviation in the East Sea, emphasisingthe necessity for the group to strengthen its principle stance, and upholdinternational law and the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea(UNCLOS), towards a rules-based regional maritime order, and effectivelyprotecting the legitimate interests of all coastal states.
On this occasion, Son announced Vietnam's plans to hold severalmeetings within the ASEAN-China framework on the implementation of theDeclaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC), as well as the Republic ofKorea Day in ASEAN.
Regarding the Myanmar issue, he shared the view that Myanmarpeople should solve the Myanmar issue, and it is essential for ASEAN to effectivelyimplement the five-point consensus to help the nation overcome difficulties.
He also expressed his belief thatIndonesia, as the ASEAN Chair in 2023, and Redno Marsudi, as the Special Envoyof the ASEAN Chair on Myanmar, will be successful in leading the implementationof this consensus./.
Senior officials of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) gathered in Indonesia’s capital Jakarta on February 2 to discuss preparations for the 32nd ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) Meeting and the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMMR).
Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son’s attendance at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Jakarta on February 3-4 will contribute to enhancing solidarity and consensus in the ten-member grouping, thus elevating Vietnam’s role and position in ASEAN and international forums, a Vietnamese diplomat has said.
A Vietnamese delegation headed by Deputy Director General of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT) Ha Van Sieu attended the 57th meeting of the ASEAN National Tourism Organisations (NTO) as part of the ongoing ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2023 in Indonesia.
After more than two years of hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all tourism activities in Vietnam have returned to normal and experienced a remarkable recovery since the country's full reopening on March 15 last year, Ha Van Sieu, deputy head of the Vietnam National Administration of Tourism (VNAT), said on February 3.
The fact that the Vietnamese PM has been invited to attend and speak at this important event for three consecutive years reflects the WEF as well as the international business community's recognition and high regard for Vietnam's position, role, and contributions to global and regional economic growth.
This new era marks a crucial phase in which the country must strive with determination to fulfil its strategic objectives, achieving breakthrough development at new levels of sophistication, quality, and global standing, laying the foundation for further growth. Era after era forms a continuous history of development, ascending steadily from one level to the next.
The resolution on such mechanisms aims to serve as a legal basis for opportunely dealing with difficulties and hindrances caused by legal regulations in important, priority, and urgent areas that require immediate settlement so as to unlock resources, facilitate economic development, and turn legislation into a competitive edge.
PM Pham Minh Chinh instructed chairpersons of the People’s Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities to strictly follow the Ministry of Finance's guidelines on handling public finances and budgets, with a focus on preventing wastefulness, misconduct, or corruption.
Knapper reaffirmed the US's commitment to supporting a strong, independent, prosperous and resilient Vietnam, while respecting each other’s territorial integrity, sovereignty, independence and political systems.
Vietnam is deeply concerned about the escalating and complex conflict in the Middle East, which poses a serious threat to the lives and safety of civilians, as well as to regional and global peace and stability.
The Vietnamese Embassy advises the Vietnamese community living, studying, and working in Israel to strictly comply with directions from the Home Front Command and local authorities.
Lawmakers are set to vote on revisions and amendments to a broad spectrum of legal frameworks and impactful resolutions during the final week of the 15th NA's 9th session.
The State Committee for Overseas Vietnamese Affairs (SCOVA) has served as a bridge connecting and uniting the community with the homeland, becoming a trusted source of support for Vietnamese expats in times of hardship.
The programme to eliminate temporary and dilapidated houses has achieved notable results, with nearly 263,000 housing units addressed to date, including 225,000 houses inaugurated and 38,000 under construction. Thirty-eight provinces and cities across the nation have already fulfilled their targets.
Stronger efforts and determination are required to achieve and surpass the set targets, especially in the eradication of makeshift and dilapidated houses nationwide, the acceleration of public investment disbursement, and the implementation of nationally important transport projects, PM Pham Minh Chinh noted.
The trip will be made at the invitations of Chinese Premier Li Qiang and WEF President and CEO Børge Brende, according to an announcement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Long spoke highly of the dynamic, positive, and comprehensive development of Vietnam – Russia relations in recent years. He affirmed that the Vietnamese Party and State place great importance on further strengthening the comprehensive strategic partnership with Russia in a substantive and effective manner, in line with the development needs of both nations.
At the conference, participants reported that the Government has so far issued 28 decrees on the delegation of responsibilities and powers between the central Government and two-tier local administrations. Several localities have already piloted the new governance model.
Reality is the ultimate benchmark for success, he said, urging drafting agencies to work out policies that foster development, reduce bureaucratic hurdles, and respect practical conditions.
Under the official dispatch signed on June 20, ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, and chairpersons of provincial and municipal People’s Committees are requested to concentrate efforts on implementing core measures to ensure the smooth operations of the new administrative framework.
The Party chief underscored the need for the press to innovate relentlessly, evolve to keep pace with the country's development, transform into a truly professional, humanistic, and modern sector that serves the cause of the Party, the State, and the people on the path to national construction and development.
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son (C) attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (Photo: VNA) 
