Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the 39th ASEAN Summit (Photo: VNA)
Rome (VNA) – Italy’s Marx21 website onNovember 2 ran an article by Giulio Chinappi, saying Vietnam plays a centralrole at the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits.
In his article, Chinappi cited a speech by PrimeMinister Pham Minh Chinh at the event, in which the Vietnamese Governmentleader proposed two key tasks for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN) in the time ahead.
Firstly, ASEAN needs a holistic, synchronous andflexible approach to COVID-19 control with the involvement of the entirecommunity, with people and businesses being the centre and subject, and withthe goal of addressing difficulties caused by the pandemic in the spirit of"benefits harmonised, risks shared".
Secondly, the Vietnamese Government leader stressedthe necessity for ASEAN to position itself in the world’s reshapingsocio-economic relationship, and consolidate its role as the nucleus ofdialogue, cooperation and multilateral and multi-layered economic integrationprocesses in the region.
PM Chinh affirmed that all ASEAN member countries wishto build a regional environment of peace, security, stability and cooperationto fight the COVID-19 pandemic, and serve economic restoration and development,according to the article.
The 38th and 39th ASEAN Summits andRelated Summits were held in the form of teleconference from October 26-28./.
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Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attends the 39th ASEAN Summit (Photo: VNA) 
