The General Department of Vietnam Customs is hosting the 33rd Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Customs that opened in Phu Quoc city, the Mekong Delta province of Kien Giang on June 4.
The 11th ASEAN Economic Community Dialogue was organised in Jakarta on June 4, providing a platform for the governments and business community to discuss AI opportunities in the bloc.
The 4th Meeting of the Ad Hoc Working Group to Develop the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (ASCC) Post-2025 Strategic Plan was convened on 28 – 29 May in Jerudong, Brunei Darussalam. The meeting was co-chaired by the Lao PDR and Malaysia, attended by all ASEAN Member States as well as Timor-Leste as observers.
Customs cooperation plays a vital role in building, developing and maintaining the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) when ASEAN becomes a single market, a common production and distribution hub in the region, through facilitating trade, free circulation of goods to realize ASEAN's deep economic integration goals.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the European Union (EU) identified significant opportunities to share research infrastructures among the ASEAN Member States and with the EU at the ASEAN Regional Research Infrastructure (RRI) Strategy Drafting Workshop on 28 and 29 May.
Australia — marking 50 years as ASEAN's first dialogue partner — held the ASEAN–Australia Special Summit in Melbourne in March 2024, taking a whole-of-nation approach to international policy. The summit facilitated discussions across various sectors and led to significant investment announcements that aim to boost both countries' economies, promote climate change action and foster relationships between emerging leaders.
There remains much untapped potential for trade and investment between Việt Nam and Malaysia, a meeting heard last Friday in HCM City.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Tharman Shanmugaratnam and Prime Minister Lawrence Wong during his working visit to Singapore.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
