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The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) forecasts the ASEAN+3 region’s economic growth to expand by 3.8% in 2025 and 3.6% in 2026.

The successful organisation of the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) and Related Meetings proves that the bloc is respected and continues to enjoy the trust of major global powers, Malaysian Foreign Minister Mohamad Hasan has said.

ASEAN plays a role as a "beacon of peace" and a model regional organisation for dialogue, cooperation, and the peaceful settlement of differences, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son stated at the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat within the 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-58) in Malaysia on July 9.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and a high-level Vietnamese delegation continued their official visit to Malaysia and attended the 46th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings on May 28.

ASEAN leaders on May 26 adopted the Kuala Lumpur Declaration entitled "ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future”, setting a foundation to guide the region’s development and cooperation over the next two decades.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and leaders of other ASEAN member states on May 26 signed the Kuala Lumpur Declaration entitled “ASEAN 2045: Our Shared Future”, approved the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, along with four strategies on politics-security, economy, culture-society and connectivity. 

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on May 26 joined other ASEAN leaders in the interfaces with ASEAN Youth and representatives from the ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC), on the sidelines of the 46th ASEAN Summit and related high-level meetings in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh joined other ASEAN leaders in an interface with representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA) in Kuala Lumpur on May 26, affirming Viet Nam’s readiness to work together with AIPA to create a strong and prosperous ASEAN. 

Malaysia’s choice of the theme “Inclusive and Sustainable” for its term as ASEAN Chair is meant to convey that the needs and interests of all 10 members will be included in policy deliberations and that ASEAN’s Community Building programme, which starts a new phase after 2025, will promote sustainable and environmentally friendly economic growth, said Carlyle A. Thayer, Emeritus Professor at Australian Defence Force Academy, the University of New South Wales.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son led a Vietnamese delegation to the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, the meeting of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone (SEANWFZ) Commission, the 29th ASEAN Political-Security Community (APSC) Council Meeting, and the 36th ASEAN Coordinating Council Meeting, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on May 25.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended and delivered a keynote address at the ASEAN Leadership and Partnership Forum (ALPF) held in Kuala Lumpur on May 25, where he was honoured with the Distinguished ASEAN Leader Award for 2025 by the KSI Strategic Institute for Asia Pacific.

The ASEAN Summit and Related Summits will bring together leaders from ASEAN member state, Timor-Leste, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) nations, and China.

A seminar themed “ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook and Fiscal Policy Report” was held at the Foreign Trade University in Hanoi on April 28.

The ASEAN–China Media and Think Tank Forum, which was held in Malaysia’s capital city of Kuala Lumpur on April 11, served as a vital platform to discuss the power of media and the role of think tanks in further strengthening mutual understanding and fostering mutually beneficial cooperation, contributing to building a closer ASEAN–China community with a shared future.

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to remain united, calm, and resilient in cooperation with the US, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien recommended at the Special ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting on the US’s new tariff policy held online on April 10.

Delegations from the Ministry of Finance and State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) actively joined discussions at the 12th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting (AFMGM) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on April 9.

Deputy Foreign Minister and head of the ASEAN Senior Officials' Meeting (SOM) delegation of Vietnam Do Hung Viet and his New Zealand counterpart Grahame Morton co-chaired the 32nd annual ASEAN – New Zealand dialogue in the central city of Da Nang on April 9, as Vietnam coordinates the two sides' relations for 2024–2027.

Reflecting on the recent support mission to help Myanmar overcome the aftermath of the earthquake, Major General Pham Van Ty, Deputy Director of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) General Staff's Search and Rescue Department, and Head of the mission, affirmed that the delegation fulfilled a deeply meaningful mission — helping the people of Myanmar to ease the pain and losses caused by the devastating natural disaster.

Since 1975, unexploded ordnance from the war has claimed 42,000 lives and injured 62,000 people, with most victims being breadwinners, ethnic minorities, and children.

Expressing deep sympathy and condolences to Myanmar and Thailand, ASEAN countries reaffirmed their solidarity and commitment to stand side by side with Myanmar and Thailand in recovery and mitigation efforts.