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In an interview with the press right after the 47th ASEAN Summit and related conferences in Malaysia ended, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang said that the Vietnamese delegation led by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh continued to demonstrate its role as an active and responsible member with important contributions. Bilaterally, Vietnam and important and key partners have finalized many important issues that reflect the common interests of Vietnam and its partners. Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the 28th ASEAN-China Summit - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac. Could you please tell the Deputy Minister about the results of the ASEAN Summits and between ASEAN and its partners? Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang: Taking place in the context of many changes in the world, posing challenges for the world and the region, the 47th ASEAN Summit and related conferences have just closed with many important results. Among the highlights are as follows: First of all, the Conference recognized the achievements of 10 years of community building through implementing the ASEAN Vision 2025, which is the basis for ASEAN to successfully implement the ASEAN Community Vision (ACV) 2045 and the Strategic Plans on politics-security, economics, culture-society and ASEAN connectivity. The conference adopted nearly 70 documents under the three pillars of politics-security, economics and socio-culture, concretizing ASEANs commitment to the process of community building and promoting partnership in the coming time. The admission of Timor-Leste is a memorable milestone, marking the second expansion of ASEAN after 30 years (the first began with Vietnam in 1995). This is a timely addition to expand the development space, creating new strength and power for the Associations development process. Second, ASEAN continues to demonstrate its central and leading role in maintaining peace and stability in the region, demonstrated by supporting Cambodia and Thailand in signing the Joint Declaration to implement agreements to ensure peace and normalize relations at the border, contributing to strengthening the general security and stability of the region. Countries also appreciated the role and efforts of the President of Malaysia in promoting the implementation of the 5-point Consensus on Myanmar; agreed that Consensus will continue to be the main direction for ASEANs engagement efforts in the coming time, with priority given to ceasefire and ending violent actions, resuming dialogue and deploying humanitarian aid to the people. The large participation of senior leaders of partner countries and international organizations such as the President of the United States, the Prime Minister of China, the Secretary General of the United Nations, the President of the European Council... also once again affirmed ASEANs position in the policies of major partner countries and major countries in the world. Third, the Conference once again affirmed ASEANs position as a growth engine and indispensable link in the supply chain, connecting global trade and investment. with GDP 3.8 trillion USD (2023), foreign investment 226 billion USD (2024) and a network of 08 trade agreements covering the entire region. In order to improve economic autonomy and strengthen intra-regional links, ASEAN has upgraded the Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), basically completed the Digital Economic Framework Agreement (DEFA), and promoted ASEAN Power Grid (APG) connection. At the same time, ASEAN also agreed on a strategy to take advantage of major trends such as green economy, digital economy, artificial intelligence, and respond to emerging challenges such as transnational crime, cybercrime, climate change... The conference demonstrated ASEANs long-term commitment to multilateralism through the effective implementation of Free Trade Agreements (FTA) with partners, with the highlight being upgrading the ASEAN-China FTA (ACFTA 3.0), promoting the upgrade of the FTA with Korea and studying FTA negotiations with the EU and GCC... Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh spoke at the ASEAN - Australia Conference - Photo: VGP/Nhat Bac Also on this occasion, Vietnam continued to demonstrate its active and responsible member role with two important contributions. First, under the coordination of Vietnam, ASEAN and New Zealand issued a Joint Statement upgrading relations to Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and approved the 2026-2030 Action Plan to implement the framework just set Second, as Chairman of the ASEAN Integration Initiative (IAI) Task Force, Vietnam presides over the development of the IAI 2026-2030 Work Plan, approved by the Summit. This document aims to narrow the development gap, strengthen solidarity, and prioritize supporting Timor-Leste to catch up with ASEANs general integration process. Vietnams role and efforts were thanked and appreciated by other countries. In the common success, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinhs profound, sincere and straightforward statements at conferences emphasized the importance of peace and stability, stating that this is a prerequisite for development, promoting the meaning of ASEAN solidarity, affirming Vietnams commitment to contribute to ASEAN, for the immediate benefit of people and businesses. The Prime Ministers shares, especially topic ASEAN exports strongly promote three strategic resources- the strength of solidarity, dynamic vitality and resilience to innovate - has been recognized and highly appreciated by member countries and partners for its sense of responsibility, correctness of content and feasibility and effectiveness of implementation direction. Could the Deputy Minister please share the main results of the Vietnam Delegations bilateral contacts with other countries and partners on this occasion? Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dang Hoang Giang: In just 3 days of attending the Conference, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had bilateral meetings and contacts with leaders of more than 20 partne
