On February 25, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York (United States), on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Amity and Cooperation in Southeast Asia (TAC), the ASEAN Committee in New York organized a symposium under the theme: “The Contribution of the TAC as a Regional Framework under Chapter VIII of the United Nations Charter.” The Vietnamese delegation, led by Ambassador Do Hung Viet, Head of the Permanent Mission of Viet Nam to the United Nations, attended the event.

Vietnam's Ambassador to the Netherlands attended the Flag Raising Ceremony on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the establishment of the ASEAN.

Representatives of Colombia, Cuba and South Africa on November 10 signed the instruments in a virtual ceremony, in which the three countries join the ASEAN Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation (TAC), a step that broadens the prospects for cooperation among them and ASEAN member nations.