Vietnamese Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Le Cong Thanh suggested the Mekong River Commission (MRC) focus on practical measures to protect the legitimate rights and interests of residents who live on the river’s water resources, while addressing a ministers’ meeting in Vientiane, Laos, on April 4.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son will attend the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)-run Southeast Asia Regional Programme (SEARP) Program on February 9, with the nation set to be the next chair of the Program.
The 18th Trilateral/Bilateral Vietnam – Laos – Cambodia Ministerial Meeting on Drug Control Cooperation officially opened in Hanoi on September 11. General To Lam, Member of the Politburo, Minister of Public Security, Vice Chairman of the National Committee for AIDS, Drugs and Prostitution Prevention and Control attended and delivered a keynote speech.
PSNews - The 6th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Drug Matters was officially opened on October 18 in Hanoi.
ASEAN foreign ministers on August 5 reached a consensus on a draft framework for a code of conduct (COC) of parties in the East Sea.
PSNews- On May 10, the Ministerial Meeting on Co-operation in Combat of Narcotic Drugs in the Mekong sub-region opened in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, with the participation of representatives from 6 Mekong sub-region countries namely Laos, Cambodia , Thailand, Myanmar, China and Vietnam, and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).