Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh chaired a series of online meetings Wednesday to review preparations for the 36th ASEAN Summit. 

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh. Photo: VGP

The events are Informal Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers, 21st Meeting of the ASEAN Political-Security Community Council, and the 26th ASEAN Coordinating Council.

The regional foreign ministers will discuss reports of the ASEAN Political-Security Community, Cultural-Social Community, and Economic Community, the progress of the ASEAN Community building, the implementation of the agreements reached at the Special ASEAN Summit on COVID-19 held last April among other topics.

Deputy Prime Minister, Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh addresses
the Informal Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers. Photo: VGP

 The 36th ASEAN Summit will be held online on June 26, according to the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Informal Meeting of ASEAN Ministers. Photo: VGP

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will preside over the opening, plenary and special sessions on women’s empowerment in digital age. He will also chair dialogues between ASEAN leaders and the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA), ASEAN youth representatives and ASEAN Business Advisory Council (ASEAN-BAC)./.