VOV.VN - Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-level Vietnamese delegation to a leaders’ summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be held in Indonesia this weekend.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang has said as a responsible member of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Vietnam supports the open, transparent and rules-based multilateral system and appreciates the WTO’s central role.

With the success of the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, Vietnam is not only an active ASEAN member but also a strong, trustworthy and special mainstay, especially at a time when ASEAN has to face challenges like COVID-19 pandemic at present, said Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.