Vietnamese Ambassador to Argentina Dang Xuan Dung (second from the right) takes over the Chairmanship of the ASEAN Committee in Buenos Aires(ACBA) from Philippine Ambassador Linglingay F. Lacanlale (centre) on January 22. (Photo: VNA)

Present at the event were ambassadors and diplomats of five ASEAN countries in Argentina, namely Malaysia, Thailand, the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam. In his remarks, Ambassador Dung, congratulated his Philippine counterpart on accomplishing her mission as Chair of ACBA and spoke highly of events organised by the Embassy of the Philippines in the past six months. The Vietnamese ambassador highlighted the significant role of the ACBA chair, pledging to give the highest priority to fulfilling the responsibility. He also vowed to do his best to promote the group’s activities on the basis of intra-bloc solidarity and at the same time, accelerate cooperation with Argentina in multiple areas, particularly economy, trade, investment and culture.