The merchandise trade between ASEAN and East Asian countries in 2023 topped 1.73 trillion USD, accounting for 49.7% of ASEAN's total trade value and making East Asia the top trading partner of ASEAN, according to figures released at the recent 12th East Asia Summit (EAS) Economic Ministers' Meeting in Vientiane, Laos.​

The ASEAN Secretariat held a press conference in Jakarta on July 30 to announce the results of the 57th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-57) and related meetings.

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.

Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung attended the East Asia Summit (EAS) Senior Officials’ Meeting, held virtually on June 24.

Secretary at the Indian Ministry of External Affairs Riva Ganguly Das on June 24 attended the East Asia Summit (EAS) Senior Officials’ Meeting, which discussed ways to strengthen the EAS's leading role and make the platform more effective and responsive in the face of emerging challenges.

Nguyen Quoc Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and head of Vietnam’s ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM), attended the 28th ASEAN-New Zealand Dialogue held virtually on March 23.

The 10th East Asia Summit Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was held online on September 9 within the framework of the ongoing 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings hosted by Vietnam.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc urged member states of the East Asia Summit (EAS) to strengthen connectivity in their legal systems, infrastructure, and digitization process during the 33th EAS in Singapore on November 15.

The 8th East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, which was held in Singapore on August 4, agreed that maritime cooperation will be one of the focuses the EAS nations are going to promote in the time ahead.

Russian President Vladimir Putin will attend the 18-member East Asia Summit (EAS) slated for November in Singapore, according to a diplomatic source.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia to intensify cooperation and mutual trust, for interests of each side, as well as for cooperation and stability in the region.

Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev arrived in the Philippines on November 12 to attend the 31st ASEAN Summit (ASEAN-31) and related meetings, and the 12th East Asia Summit (EAS) in Manila.

The East Asia Summit (EAS) on tackling plastic waste in the ocean took place in Bali, Indonesia on September 6 and 7, with the participation of 85 representatives of EAS member countries.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has stressed the need for ASEAN+3, the East Asia Summit and the ASEAN Regional Forum to promote cooperation on the basis of ensuring ASEAN’s central role.

In the 50 years since its formation, ASEAN has made a number of major turning points in regional cooperation and linkage processes.

The sixth East Asia Summit (EAS) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting was convened in Vientiane, Laos, on July 26 as part of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49).

The East Asia Summit (EAS) commenced in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of November 22.

The 3rd East Asia Summit (EAS) on August 24 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, sought to accelerate activities promoting trade among EAS countries.

Over 40 countries worldwide want to establish free trade agreements (FTA) with the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) which comprises Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Armenia and Kyrgyzstan.

The 48th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 48) and related meetings issued the Joint Communiqué affirming the bloc’s solidarity in establishing the ASEAN Community later this year.