Hanoi to host ASEAN Future Forum 2026 in mid-June

Hanoi to host ASEAN Future Forum 2026 in mid-June

The third ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026 is scheduled for mid-June in Hanoi under the theme “Shaping a Shared Future Together: Peace, Prosperity and People-Centered Development,” Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press briefing on May 14.

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ASEAN agrees to boost intra-bloc trade to strengthen food security


Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. said on May 8 that leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) had agreed to strengthen intra-bloc trade and reinforce regional food security mechanisms amid rising energy prices and disruptions to global shipping routes caused by conflict in the Middle East.

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Vietnam, Cambodia pledge to deepen traditional friendship

Trinh Van Quyet, Politburo member, Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Central Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization, had a working session with Ean Khun, member of the Central Committee of the Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) and Vice President of the CPP Organization in Siem Reap province, on May 14 as part of his working visit to Cambodia.

Senior Vietnamese Party official visits Cambodia to strengthen bilateral cooperation


Trinh Van Quyet, Politburo member, member of the Secretariat of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee and Chairman of its Central Commission for Information, Education and Mass Mobilization, held a series of high-level meetings in Phnom Penh on May 13 during his working visit to Cambodia.

Laos values cooperation with Vietnam in information, communications


Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Lam Thi Phuong Thanh met with Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Sports Thongsalit Mangnomek and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party (LPRP) Central Committee’s Commission for Propaganda and Training Khamphan Pheuiyavong, as part of her visit to Laos from May 12-13.

Vietnam, Singapore trade unions strengthen cooperation in workforce development


Leaders of the Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labor on May 13 held a working session with a delegation from Singapore's National Trades Union Congress (NTUC) to exchange experience in improving workforce quality, enhancing sustainable labor productivity and promoting technology application in trade union activities.
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