National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim
Ngan will pay working visits to Argentina from June 30-July 2 and to
Chile from July 3-5, Spokesman of the Foreign Ministry Le Hai Binh
announced at a regular press conference on June 26.
The
visits will aim to strengthen and consolidate the multi-faceted
cooperation between Vietnam and the two countries, especially in
economics and trade, and at the same time exchange experience in
implementing gender equality policies and increasing women’s leadership
and their contributions to the country’s socio-economic development,
stated Binh.
During her visits, Ngan and the Argentinean and
Chilean sides will discuss ways to boost inter-regional cooperation
between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and South America as
well as exchange opinions on regional and international issues of mutual
concern.
Binh informed that the ASEAN Senior Officials’ Meeting will be held in Hanoi on June 27-28.
The
meeting will assess current developments which have caused deep changes
to the region’s geo-strategic context and challenges to ASEAN’s central
role.
It will deliberate a future regional architecture as well
as how to intensify solidarity, voice and common responsibility of the
bloc when it comes to regional strategic interests.
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