(VOVWORLD) -Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and the Vietnamese delegation on Tuesday left Vietnam for the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Indonesia’s coastal town of Labuan Bajo, at the invitation of Indonesian President and Chairman of the Summit Joko Widodo.
 Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh (R) met with Indonesian President Joko Widodo on November 11, 2022, on the sidelines of the 40th and 41st ASEAN Summits in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo: VOV) |
Themed “ASEAN Matters: Epicentre of Growth”, the three-day Summit will discuss the ASEAN community building and global and regional issues of shared concern.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at the Summit sends a strong message of Vietnam’s active participation and responsible contribution.
Vietnam, together with other member countries, pledges to maintain and strengthen ASEAN’s centrality and voice for peace, stability and development in the region and in the world. It has been contributing to ASEAN solidarity and helping ASEAN respond effectively to the current challenges. Vietnam holds that ASEAN's principled stance on global, regional and East Sea issues must be maintained.
PM Chinh’s trip also affirms that Vietnam's priority areas of cooperation are strategic infrastructure connectivity, digital transformation, green transformation, food security, energy, sub-regional development and climate change response.