PM Pham Minh Chinh leaves for Laos to attend ASEAN Summits

The PM is being accompanied by a number of ministers and deputy ministers in charge of foreign affairs, industry and trade, labour, natural resources and environment, public security, national defense, agriculture and rural development, information and communication, along with leaders of several localities and agencies.

Themed ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience, the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and related meetings are being held in Vientiane, Laos, from October 6 – 10, featuring more than 20 activities.

The leaders of ASEAN member states will discuss the progress of building the ASEAN Community, including efforts to complete the 2025 Blueprints on time, develop the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, and strategies for implementation in the upcoming period.

They will also review and set directions for ASEAN’s relations with partners, particularly in promoting cooperation in currently prioritized potential fields, while exchanging views on international and regional issues.

On this occasion, the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit (ABIS) will also take place, along with dialogue sessions between ASEAN leaders and representatives from the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ABAC), and youth, as well as the second summit of the Asia Zero Emissions Community.

It is expected that the meetings will approve around 80 documents covering various priorities and areas of cooperation both within ASEAN and between ASEAN and its partners. Key topics will include the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP), supply chain connectivity, digital cooperation, plastic circularity, climate change response, biodiversity, early childhood education, sustainable agriculture, and people-to-people exchanges.