Authorised by Foreign Minister (FM) Le Hoai Trung, Deputy FM Dang Hoang Giang, Head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam, led a Vietnamese delegation to a series of ASEAN foreign ministerial meetings in Cebu, the Philippines, on May 7 which finalised preparations for the 48th ASEAN Summit.

The ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) took place in Manila, the Philippines, on April 7, with the participation of deputy foreign ministers and senior officials from the 11 ASEAN member states, as well as the leaders of the ASEAN Secretariat.