VOV.VN - Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will visit Vietnam in the second half of this year to mark 50 years of diplomatic ties and 10 years of the strategic partnership between the two countries this year.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei Darussalam on May 10 on the sideline of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh highlighted three core factors to ASEAN’s characteristics, values, vitality and reputation, which are maintaining independence and strategy self-reliance, turning itself into a growth epicenter and better adapting to external shocks in his remarks at the opening session of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, on May 10 morning.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN member states attended the opening ceremony of their 42nd summit on Labuan Bajo island of Indonesia on May 10 morning.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh met with his Cambodian counterpart Samdech Techo Hun Sen on May 9 on the sidelines of the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and Indonesian President Joko Widodo have agreed to further bring into play the traditional close-knit friendship so as to take both nations’ strategic partnership to new heights.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s attendance at the 42nd ASEAN Summit aims to affirm the nation’s priority areas of co-operation which covers strategic infrastructure connectivity, digital transformation, green transformation, food security, energy, sub-regional development, and climate change response.

With the 2023 ASEAN theme of “ASEAN Matters: Epicentre of Growth”, the coming 42nd ASEAN Summit reflects member countries’ wish and efforts to turn the bloc into a growth epicentre that leads cooperation and connectivity processes in the region and contributes to the common goal of peace, stability, and prosperity.

VOV.VN - Vietnam has made positive contributions to materializing economic priorities of ASEAN in 2023, Arsjad Rasjid, Chairman of the ASEAN Business Advisory Council 2023 (ASEAN-BAC) has said in a recent media interview ahead of the 42nd ASEAN Summit, scheduled to take place on May 9-11 at Labuan Bajo, Indonesia.

VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam to attend the 42nd ASEAN Summit in Labuan Bajo, Indonesia, from May 9 to May 11.