ASEAN

Vietnam, as one of the region’s key pillars, remains a highly valued partner of Timor Leste, which looks forward to strengthening cooperation across multiple fields, said Ambassador of Timor Leste to Vietnam João Pereira.

PM Pham Minh Chinh's attendance at and practical contributions to the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits reaffirmed the strategic importance of ASEAN in Vietnam’s foreign policy. It also conveyed a strong message of Vietnam’s proactive, active, and responsible participation in building a united, resilient, inclusive, and sustainable ASEAN Community.

The Vietnamese delegation, led by PM Chinh, participated actively and contributed effectively to nearly 20 multilateral activities within the framework of the summits, sharing several strategic directions shaping ASEAN’s future.

PM Pham Minh Chinh has proposed four key priorities to advance the ASEAN – Australia Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.

Speaking at the 28th ASEAN - China Summit in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on October 28, Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh affirmed that building strategic trust and maintaining regional peace and stability are prerequisites for sustainable and inclusive development.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session on October 28 with Vietnamese ambassadors to ASEAN and regional countries sharing maritime borders with Vietnam, including Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Thailand, on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. ​

PM Pham Minh Chinh stressed the need for the two sides to effectively promote multilateralism, uphold international law, and identify dialogue and cooperation as the key instruments for preventing and peacefully resolving disputes.

PM Pham Minh Chinh called on the East Asia Summit (EAS) to lead in upholding international law and multilateralism, and advancing an open, inclusive, transparent, and rules-based regional order, with ASEAN at its core.

Vietnam attaches great importance to the RCEP, viewing it as a “bridge” that enables economies at different stages of development to share benefits, promote self-driven growth, and work toward common prosperity.

At the end of the 28th ASEAN–Japan Summit in Malaysia, the ASEAN and Japan leaders adopted the Joint Statement on Further Promotion and Implementation of the ASEAN Outlook on the Indo-Pacific (AOIP).

ASEAN and the US share common interests and responsibilities to maintain peace, stability, and development across the region

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had bilateral meetings with Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone and Japanese PM Sanae Takaichi as well as leaders of ASEAN, the World Bank, and the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) on October 26 on the sidelines of the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Kuala Lumpur. ​

Launched in 2023, the AZEC initiative serves as a multilateral cooperation mechanism to help Asian countries tackle three key challenges: sustaining economic growth, ensuring energy security, and pursuing economy-wide decarbonisation under the principle of “one goal, multiple pathways.”

At the opening ceremony, ASEAN leaders signed an official declaration admitting Timor-Leste as the 11th member of the ASEAN.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh led the Vietnamese delegation to the summits, continuing to affirm Vietnam's active participation and responsible contributions to the overall success of the events.

Taking place from October 25 – 28, the 47th ASEAN Summit and Related Meetings are the most important and extensive events of Malaysia’s ASEAN chairmanship this year, drawing the participation of leaders from bloc member states, Timor-Leste, and partner countries.

Vietnam will put forward concrete directions for a resilient, dynamic, innovative, and people-centred ASEAN. It will also show a leading role in cultivating ASEAN’s ties with external partners, reinforcing the bloc’s central role in the existing regional architecture.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will lead a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation to attend the 47th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from October 25 to 28. ​

A delegation of the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence, led by its Deputy Minister Senior Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Chien, attended the ASEAN Defence Senior Officials’ Meeting Plus (ADSOM+) held in Johor, Malaysia, on September 25.

Deputy Prosecutor General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam Tran Hai Quan attended and delivered remarks at the 15th China-ASEAN Prosecutors-General Conference in Hong Kong on September 23.