Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang (third from left), Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, attends the third meeting of the ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee (ACCC) in 2022. (Photo: VNA)They included the third meeting of the ASEAN ConnectivityCoordinating Committee (ACCC) this year, the dialogue between ACCC and the LeadImplementing Body for Sustainable Infrastructure (LIB-SI), the fifth Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025 (MPAC 2025) Monitoring, Review and Evaluation (MRE) Meeting, the 13rd ASEAN connectivity forum, and aconsultation between ACCC and dialogue partners.
The third ACCC meeting discussed how to enhance theefficiency of projects to be implemented within the MPAC 2025 framework; and gavecomments on the draft of the fourth MPAC 2025 progress assessment report, thefinal version of which will be tabled at the 31st ASEAN CoordinatingCouncil (ACC) Meeting this November.
ASEAN has been implementing 14 out of the 15 initiatives acrossMPAC 2025’s five key areas, namely Sustainable Infrastructure, DigitalInnovation, Seamless Logistics, Regulatory Excellence, and People Mobility.
In the ACCC – LIB-SI dialogue, the two sides outlinedchallenges to the execution of projects in sustainable infrastructure and waysto address them.
Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang (eight from left) at the fifth MPAC 2025 Monitoring, Review and Evaluation (MRE) Meeting. (Photo: VNA)The consultation brought together ambassadors of many ASEANdialogue partners, including the US, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Australia,Germany, the UK, Canada, and New Zealand, who highly regarded ASEAN’s effort tostrengthen intra-bloc connectivity as well as its connectivity with otherregions.
The 13rd ASEAN connectivity forum saw delegates exchanginginformation, knowledge and practices in the post-2025 ASEAN connectivity vision;and chalking out measures to step up partnership to implement MPAC 2025projects and promote sustainable infrastructure and digitalisation for betterconnectivity./.
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