ASEAN Future Forum is one of the largest multilateral events hosted by Vietnam in 2025: Press conference
WVR - The international press conference for the ASEAN Future Forum 2025 (AFF 2025) took place at the Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam on the afternoon of February 13, 2025.
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| The international press conference for the ASEAN Future Forum 2025. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) is Vietnam’s premier Track 1.5 multilateral initiative, announced by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, on September 2023. As Vietnam's first large-scale Track 1.5 multilateral initiative, the AFF brings together leaders, experts, researchers, businesses, and young scholars to exchange ideas, propose new initiatives to shape ASEAN's development trajectory while strengthening cooperation between ASEAN and its partners.
The AFF’s inaugural edition in April 2024 was highly successful, attracting widespread interest, response, and support from ASEAN countries and the international community.
Sharing at the press conference, the Acting Director of the Institute for Strategic Studies, Diplomatic Academy of Vietnam, Mr Trinh Minh Manh said that after nearly six decades of existence and development, ASEAN is preparing to enter a new stage of growth after completing the implementation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025. The new situation raises many questions for ASEAN, both now and in the future: How can it maintain its identity and central role while adapting to changes in the region and the world? How can it balance and harmonize the concerns and interests of its members? How can it strike a balance between innovation and preserving ASEAN's core values?
In this context, the idea of organizing the ASEAN Future Forum is part of the efforts of Vietnam and other ASEAN countries to create a platform for exchanging ideas and seeking solutions to these questions. This is also Vietnam's initiative with the desire to contribute, along with member countries, ASEAN's friends and partners, and the people of ASEAN, to promote the shaping of the future development path for ASEAN.
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| The delegates took photos at the international press conference. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
According to Mr Trinh Minh Manh, the ASEAN Future Forum 2025 coincides with several significant milestones, such as the 80th anniversary of modern Vietnam, 30 years of Vietnam's ASEAN membership, the 10th anniversary of ASEAN Community formation, and the year ASEAN will adopt the ASEAN Community Vision 2045.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh will chair and deliver a keynote speech at the Forum. To date, over 500 delegates have registered for in-person attendance, including ASEAN and partner countries' high-ranking leaders; leading regional and international experts and scholars; Ambassadors and senior officials from ASEAN and partner countries, international organizations; representatives from businesses, local authorities, and numerous domestic and international journalists.
The ASEAN Future Forum 2025 will be one of the largest multilateral events hosted by Vietnam in 2025. The Forum once again demonstrates Vietnam's active and positive contribution as well as its desire to promote its leading and central role in regional and global cooperation.
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| Participants at the press conference. (Photo: Tuan Anh) |
Mr. Trinh Minh Manh expressed his confidence that the ASEAN Future Forum will continue to receive widespread attention, support, and response from various sectors and people of ASEAN and the international community. Through this, it will affirm the vitality, value, and bright future of ASEAN, bringing ASEAN closer to it's people for their practical benefits.
| The ASEAN Future Forum 2025 will span two days, featuring 5 official plenary sessions, pre-event activities, and important side events. Day One (February 25):
Day Two (February 26):
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