Vietnam hands over Berlin ASEAN Committee chairmanship role to Brunei

Vietnamese Ambassador to Germany Vu Quang Minh (L), Rotating Chairman of the Berlin ASEAN Committee (BAC), hands over the chairmanship role to Brunei (Photo: VNA)

At the meeting, the Ambassador reviewed major activities in the nation’s chairmanship tenure, affirming that they have contributed to increasing the grouping’s position, strengthening cohesion between ASEAN member states, and affirmed that the country’s role in this mechanism.

ASEAN is currently an important partner of the EU, including Germany. Co-operation across all fields between the two sides has also seen many achievements benefiting both sides and contributing to peace, stability, and development in the region and the wider world.

The diplomat added that the nation has been doing its best to contribute to ASEAN, as well as the building process of the ASEAN Community as a whole.

Ambassadors of BAC member countries highly appreciated Vietnam's positive and effective contributions as BAC Chairman and hoped that BAC would continue to have exciting and diverse activities in the coming time.

The role as the BAC Chairman is rotated among ASEAN countries every six months./.