In recent years, visitor flows from China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have become a key driver of tourism growth across Southeast Asia. Against a backdrop of increasingly complex global challenges, strengthening and deepening cooperation mechanisms between ASEAN and these three markets should be treated as a top priority.

As part of the ongoing 58th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-58) and related meetings, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on July 10 attended ASEAN+1 foreign ministers’ meetings with Japan, Russia, the Republic of Korea (RoK), and the US, as well as the ASEAN+3 Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (with Japan, China, and the RoK).