PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits in Bangkok, Thailand, November 2-4, 2019. (Photo: VNA)

The trip aims to help intensify ASEAN’s solidarity, promote its central role, deepen relations with the bloc’s partners, and create a favourable environment for the sustainable development of each country and the whole region. The visit is also expected to further popularise Vietnam’s image as a country of reforms and active and responsible engagement in regional cooperation.

Vietnam will serve as ASEAN Chair in 2020, which will be an important year for the realisation of the ASEAN Vision 2025 and also mark the country’s 25-year membership of the association. At the hand-over ceremony, PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc will deliver a speech introducing the theme and vision of Vietnam for the ASEAN Year 2020. The country will also debut the logo for the year and screen a video introducing its ASEAN chairmanship.