The meeting
placed focus on regional financial cooperation programs which will be reported
to the 14th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting and the ASEAN 3 Finance
Ministers’ Meeting scheduled in early April in Việt
Photo:
VGP/Giang Oanh
During the meetings,
which last until March 5, nine topics are put on the table, namely results of
researches on regional financial cooperation programs; trade payment and risk
management; economic monitoring mechanisms in ASEAN and East Asia; activities
to realize the Asia Bond Market Initiative (ABMI); the multilateralization of
the Chiang Mai Initiative; the liberalization of financial services; the capital
account liberalization; the roadmap to implement the plan on capital
market development; the infrastructure fund; and the performance of ASEAN and
ASEAN 3.
As the host to the ASEAN and
ASEAN 3 Ministers’ Meeting in 2010, Vietnamese agencies are actively preparing
for the successful regional meetings.