(VOVworld) – The ASEAN Business Council involving 55 major enterprises will make its debut at the World Economic Forum on the Mekong (WEF – Mekong).

According to Nazir Razak, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Council, one of the council’s priorities is to boost the removal of non-tariff barriers. (Photo: VOV News Center)

At a press conference in Hanoi on Tuesday, Justin Wood, chief representative of the forum in Asia-Pacific, said the organization aims to boost public and private cooperation in ASEAN’s most urgent areas.

The council will focus on cooperation in the construction of infrastructure, the enhancement of intra investment, trade, the development of a digital technology-based economy, and job generation in the region. The council will also implement a series of initiatives for the future, including a program to build strategic infrastructure.