Vietnam proposes four measures to strengthen ASEAN solidarity, resilience

ASEAN Foreign Ministers attend the opening ceremony of AMM-59 in Manila on July 21 (Photo published by VNA) First, he called for continued adherence to ASEAN principles and stronger dialogue and cooperation to address common challenges. Second, it is necessary to promote deeper, more resilient, and more competitive ASEAN economic integration through the ASEAN economic security framework to enhance regional resilience in the face of future uncertainties. Third, he proposed building a people-centred ASEAN that capitalises on the bloc’s “unity in diversity” and promotes mutual understanding among its peoples. Finally, the official stressed the need to reinforce ASEAN’s strategic autonomy and centrality, particularly amid increasingly intense and complex major-power competition.