Joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was the first step of Vietnam in the process of international integration, and the bloc has served as a gateway for the country’s integration into the region and the world, an official has said.

The Vietnamese chess team on August 4 had impressive performance in final matches of the rapid chess category at the ongoing 11th ASEAN Para Games in Indonesia, when pocketing six gold, three silver and three bronze medals.

Standing Deputy Prime Minister Pham Binh Minh hosted a reception in Hanoi on August 4 for heads of delegations of ASEAN and ASEAN Plus+3 countries to the 21st ASEAN Conference on Civil Service Matters (ACCSM 21).

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the ASEAN Plus One, and ASEAN Plus Three Foreign Ministers’ Meetings, and co-chaired the ASEAN-Republic of Korea (RoK) Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Cambodia on August 4.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son joined his ASEAN counterparts in meetings with the US, India, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the EU, and Russia on August 4 within the framework of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-55) and related meetings in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

The steering committee for ASEAN dissemination at the Ministry of Information and Communications (MIC) held a conference in Hanoi on August 4 on the dissemination of information about the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on the occasion of the bloc’s 55th founding anniversary.

VOV.VN - Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son held a meeting on August 4 with his Japanese counterpart Yoshimasa Hayashi on the sidelines of the 55th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-55), which is taking place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.

VOV.VN - An art festival was held recently in Ho Chi Minh City to markthe 55th founding anniversary of ASEAN, with the regional bloc being formed on August 8, 1967.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese swimmers continued to shine at the 2022 ASEAN Para Games (APG) after breaking three more records and earning a further gold medals on the fifth day of the competition.

VOV.VN - Deputy Foreign Minister Ha Kim Ngoc held a working session with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres as part of his attendance at the Tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons on August 3 at the UN headquarters in New York.