Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh left Hanoi on October 8 morning for the 44th and 45th ASEAN Summits and Related Summits that will take place in Laos from October 8-11, according to a report from the Vietnam News Agency.

The trip is made at the invitation of Lao Prime Minister Sonexay Siphandone - ASEAN Chair 2024.

The PM was accompanied Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyen Hong Dien, Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung, Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Do Duc Duy, and others.

Under the theme “ASEAN: Enhancing Connectivity and Resilience”, the summits will be held in Vientiane with more than 20 activities, where delegates will work on about 80 documents on ASEAN’s priorities, intra-bloc cooperation, as well as collaboration between it and partners.

There will also be the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, dialogues between leaders of ASEAN countries and representatives of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly and the ASEAN Business Advisory Council, and young people, along with the second summit of the Asia Zero Emission Community.