Vietnam is stepping up preparations for the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-53) and related meetings in September, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang has said.

ASEAN Foreign Ministers gathered in Nha Trang last January for a meeting,
but the following meeting, scheduled for this September will be held online 

Specific information regarding these meetings will be provided in the near future, Hang told reporters at a regular press briefing in Hanoi on July 6.

At an online Informal Meeting of ASEAN Foreign Ministers in June, as ASEAN Chair 2020, Vietnam noted ASEAN was facing serious challenges ahead since the COVID-19 pandemic showed no signs of abating.

It therefore called ASEAN member states to stay united to weather the crisis and stick to the goal of building the ASEAN community.