Key speakers who will participate are: Minister Erywan Yusof, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Second) Brunei; Minister of Information and Communications of Vietnam Nguyen Manh Hung.
Presentations at the session will be presented by many speakers. That is Mr. Kishore Mahbubani, former Singapore Ambassador to the United Nations, Senior Researcher, National University of Singapore; GS. Tetsuya Watanabe, President of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA); Dr. Eduardo Pedrosa, Secretary General, Pacific Economic Cooperation Council, Philippines (PECC); GS. Ian Goldin, former Vice President of the World Bank, Professor of Globalization and Development at Oxford University, Director of the Oxford Martin Program on Technological and Economic Change; DS. Brian McFeeters, Senior Vice President and Regional Managing Director, US-ASEAN Business Council (USABC).
The focus of session 1 is governance and policy models that help ASEAN countries effectively respond to the complex strategic environment and emerging challenges to maintain growth momentum.
Delegates will also discuss ways to apply scientific and technological advances and innovation to achieve the goal of harmony between prosperity and sustainable development. In addition, the discussion session also emphasized the importance of renewable energy, circular economy, sustainable supply chains and innovation in providing solutions to help countries grow economically, society but still associated with environmental protection.
Discussion at plenary session 1 also aimed at the connection between the ASEAN Community and the sustainable development goals to 2030 (SDG 2030), between the ASEAN Future Forum and the United Nations Future Summit. , helping ASEAN contribute more practically to global multilateral processes.
Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Head of SOM ASEAN Vietnam, spoke at the Round Table “ASEAN in me, our home” organized by World & Vietnam Newspaper on April 19. (Photo: Anh Tuan)
Second plenary session discuss ASEAN’s comprehensive approach to ensuring regional security, by considering all economic, social, and environmental aspects, exchanging and proposing directions to help ASEAN contribute effectively. more effectively in solving global challenges, affirming the role and positive contributions to regional and global peace and security by Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, former Head of ASEAN SOM Vietnam hosted with the main speakers: MP Sue Lines, President of the Australian Senate (recorded message), Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsud and Indian Foreign Minister Dr. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar (recorded message). ).
The delegates participating in the discussion were: Mr. Kung Phoak, Secretary of State of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Cambodia; Scholar George Yeo, former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Singapore; Scholar Kavi Chongkittavorn, Senior Researcher at Chulalongkorn University’s Institute of International and Security Studies; GS. Yang Jiemian, Chairman of the Academic Council of Shanghai Institute of International Studies (SIIS); Video message from former British Prime Minister Tony Blair; Dr. Damian Hickey, Southeast Asia Regional Director, Tony Blair Institute for Global Development.
As planned, Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son will give a speech at the closing session of the Forum.
ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn had a dialogue with ASEAN youth, April 22. (Photo: Nguyen Hong)
Previously, within the framework of the Forum’s activities, on the afternoon of April 22, at the Diplomatic Academy, a direct dialogue session took place between ASEAN Secretary General Kao Kim Hourn and ASEAN youth with the theme: “Youth”. ASEAN – ASEAN Future: The role of youth in shaping the future of ASEAN” with a live and online format.
