VOV.VN - For the first time ASEAN Foreign Ministers on August 8 issued a statement on the importance of maintaining peace and stability in Southeast Asia. Following is the full text of the statement:

VOV.VN - As the ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam gives the highest priority to promoting solidarity, unity and effective coordination among member countries, while strengthening ties with partners, says Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.

VOV.VN - Going through many upheavals over the past 53 years, ASEAN has promoted “unity in diversity” and emerged as a successful model of regional cooperation.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh delivered a speech while chairing an ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony marking the 53rd founding anniversary of the association in Hanoi on August 7.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam organised a flag-hoisting ceremony in Hanoi on August 7 to celebrate the 53rd founding anniversary of the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).

VOV.VN - Vietnam is stepping up preparations for the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings in September, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

Vietnam is expected to continue growing its share of global exports despite decline amid the resurgence in the COVID-19 pandemic after three months of no local transmissions, according to an HSBC report.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung on August 5 attended the 33rd ASEAN-US Dialogue to discuss cooperation orientations between the two sides and exchange views on issues of mutual concern.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his Japanese counterpart Shinzo Abe on August 4 discussed ways to boost bilateral ties as well as cooperation at regional and global forums during their phone talks-the second in the past three months.

VOV.VN - An online meeting was held on August 4 between Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Do Thang Hai and Rodrigo Yáñez Benitez, Under-Secretary for International Economic Relations at the Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs.