Vietnam attends 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting

At a plenary session, the FMs will have an in-depth discussion on working groups' meetings with 17 dialogue countries, including the US, Russia, Japan and China.

Such issues as the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and settlement of territorial disputes in the East Sea, terrorism, violent extremism, and cross-border crimes are expected to be deliberated at the event. The ASEAN Intergovernmental Commission on Human Rights will update the FMs on the human rights situation so as to help them devise measures to promote and protect human rights in ASEAN based on the commission's Terms of Reference and ASEAN Human Rights Declaration. The AMM 50 and related meetings will run until August 8th. On August 7th, foreign ministers of ASEAN and 17 dialogue partners are scheduled to meet at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) - an important multilateral security dialogue - to discuss hot issues in the region.