Prime Minister Le Minh Hung departs for ASEAN Summits in Philippines

The Prime Minister is accompanied by Vice President of the National Assembly Nguyen Doanh Anh, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Dang Xuan Phong, Minister of Home Affairs Nguyen Tien Hai, Deputy Minister of National Defense Nguyen Quang Ngoc, Deputy Minister of Public Security Le Van Tuyen, Deputy Minister of Finance Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc, Vice President of the Viet Nam Fatherland Front Central Committee and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union Bui Quang Huy, Vice Chairman of the Government Office Don Tuan Phong, Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang, Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade Luong Hoang Thai, Assistant to the Prime Minister Tran Tuan Anh, Vietnamese Ambassador to the Philippines Lai Thai Binh, and Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, Permanent Representative of Viet Nam to ASEAN.

Speaking to reporters ahead of the Prime Minister's Philippines tour, Deputy Foreign Minister Dang Hoang Giang reassured that ASEAN remains a top strategic priority in Viet Nam's foreign policy.

During the upcoming summits, Viet Nam aims to promote three priorities as follows:

First, Viet Nam will work with ASEAN Member States and partners to firmly maintain an environment of peace, security, and stability as the strategic foundation for building a resilient, innovative, dynamic, and people-centric ASEAN Community by 2045.

Viet Nam will continue to promote consensus, narrow differences, uphold the fundamental principles of ASEAN and international law, advance dialogue and ASEAN-led mechanisms, and consolidate ASEAN solidarity and centrality.

Second, Viet Nam aims to promote substantive progress in ASEAN linkages, while enhancing the bloc's competitiveness and resilience.

The country also aims to strengthen coordination to ensure energy security, food security, and human security in order to reinforce the foundations for sustainable development in the region.

Third, Viet Nam will work to further deepen ASEAN cooperation with partners to effectively mobilize external resources for ASEAN's development priorities.

From that perspective, Prime Minister Le Minh Hung will co-chair the Mekong-ASEAN Summit to promote connectivity and sustainable development while narrowing development gap in the subregion, thus contributing to ASEAN Community building.

In addition to the summits, Prime Minister Le is also expected to meet with leaders of foreign countries and international organizations to further strengthen political trust, to promote the implementation of bilateral agreements, and to expand cooperation opportunities./.