PM to attend 2017 World Economic Forum on ASEAN

(VNF) - Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will lead the Vietnamese delegation to the 26^th World Economic Forum (WEF) on ASEAN, which will take place in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from May 11^th-12^th, the Foreign Ministry announced on May 5^th.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc. (Photo: VNA)

The PM will attends the event at the invitation of Cambodian Prime Minister, Samdech Techo Hun Sen, and Executive Chairman of the WEF, Klaus Schwab.

ASEAN is short for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, a political and economic organization whose members include Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.

In 2017, the 10 countries of ASEAN celebrate 50 years of deepening unity and rising wealth. Among its strengths, the ASEAN region has 630 million people, of whom more than half are under the age of 30. This promises a powerful demographic pidend that will drive already high rates of economic growth for years to come.

This Forum will be an ideal platform for senior decision-makers from a range of sectors to facilitate greater collaboration between industry, government and civil society, and to work on shaping the brightest future for the region’s young./.

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