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Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and a high-ranking Vietnamese delegation have returned to Hanoi, successfully ending their business trip to attend the 48th ASEAN Summit from May 7 to 8 at the invitation of the President of the Republic of the Philippines. The Government Electronic Information Portal respectfully introduces the interview of Deputy Minister Dang Hoang Giang about the results of Prime Minister Le Minh Hungs trip to attend the 48th ASEAN Summit. Download Deputy Minister Dang Hoang Giang - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac Could you please evaluate the results of this Conference and especially the outstanding contributions of the Vietnamese delegation? Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang: The 48th ASEAN Summit was a great success with many very important and substantive results. This is also a conference that is considered very timely for ASEAN in the context of many complicated developments in the world and the region, especially the crisis situation in the Middle East. In that situation, ASEAN Leaders have reached a very high consensus on many comprehensive and comprehensive response measures, in the short and long term, on all pillars, from politics - security, economics to culture - society and ensuring security and safety for the people of ASEAN, not only helping ASEAN overcome immediate difficulties, enhancing ASEANs initiative and self-reliance, being ready to respond to incidents that may occur in the future, but also aiming to achieve long-term goals according to the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. Specifically, ASEAN adopted the ASEAN Leaders Declaration on responding to the crisis in the Middle East, which emphasizes strengthening ASEAN solidarity and mutual support among member countries; Strengthen inter-sectoral coordination, early warning and build an emergency communication mechanism; Accelerate effective implementation of agreements and cooperation plans on oil and gas, food and energy connections, as well as strengthen consular cooperation and support for citizens, especially migrant workers in affected areas. The Leaders emphasized that although the priority is to overcome immediate difficulties, ASEAN needs to seriously implement the plans set out to achieve long-term goals according to the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. In particular, political-security cooperation is the top focus to ensure regional security, peace and stability, through strengthening solidarity, political trust and promoting mechanisms led by ASEAN, on the basis of respect for international law and multilateralism. ASEAN will continue to focus on strengthening economic, trade and investment cooperation, implementing the newly upgraded ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), completing negotiations on the ASEAN Digital Economy Framework Agreement (DEFA), taking advantage of new development drivers, supporting small and medium-sized enterprises, enhancing infrastructure connectivity, diversifying markets, and expanding economic connections through FTA+ with partners. In addition, it is necessary to ensure that the people are truly the center of the ASEAN Community, prioritizing resources for social security and welfare, improving the capacity of the people, especially young people, to meet the requirements of the digital age and artificial intelligence. The high-level Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Le Minh Hung attended and made many important contributions to the success of the Conference, affirming the foreign policy of the 14th Party Congress to continue to attach importance to ASEAN and Committed to proactively, positively, and responsibly contributing to building a united and strong ASEAN Community. In his first attendance at the ASEAN Summit as Prime Minister, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung raised many proposals and initiatives to contribute to ASEANs common solutions, to strengthen solidarity and enhance ASEANs self-reliance in responding to the current situation as well as looking towards the future, ensuring that people enjoy the achievements of ASEAN. Vietnams proposals give the highest priority to ensuring a peaceful and stable environment to promote and create favorable conditions for ASEAN to continue to develop sustainably, so that ASEAN people can have a prosperous and happy life. The measures proposed by Vietnam are very comprehensive, from peace, security, stability; strengthen intra-bloc solidarity; to strengthening economic and trade connections within the bloc, removing trade barriers within ASEAN; expand ASEANs foreign relations; Expanding ASEANs space through connectivity and signing economic agreements with external partners, as well as strengthening ASEAN cooperation and connectivity in ensuring energy security, food security and human security. Vietnams proposals were welcomed, unanimously supported and highly appreciated by ASEAN member states for their content and timeliness. Based on the proposals of Vietnam and other countries, ASEAN has adopted the ASEAN Leadership Declaration on Priority Actions to strengthen regional self-reliance to cope with the consequences of the Middle East situation. Could you please share the main results of the Vietnam Delegations bilateral contacts with countries and partners on this occasion? Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang: On the occasion of attending the 48th ASEAN Summit, Prime MinisterThe Le Minh Hung Government has had meetings, exchanges and interactions with ASEAN Leaders, ASEAN Secretary General and Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The meetings, although brief, were very substantive, going straight to important content, handling problems and issues, thereby promoting practical cooperation between Vietnam and its partners. I find three notable points as follows: First, establishing personal relationships between Prime Minister Le Minh Hung and ASEAN Leaders, contributing to strengthening political trust between Vietnam and other countries. At the meetings, the Leaders congratulated Prime Minister Le Minh Hung
