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The Asia-Europe Business Forum has decided to set up a core group, reinforcing AEBF's role as Business Advisory Council to the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and has considered the creation of a permanent Secretariat to enhance coordination among ASEM countries' business communities.
The decision was made at the AEBF IX entitled "Towards a Closer and More Dynamic Asia-Europe Business Partnership" which closed in Ha Noi on Friday.
The two-day forum, chaired by Ngo Van Thoan, Director General of the Vietnamese Trade Ministry's Trade Promotion Agency, attracted the participation of more than 300 representatives from ASEM member countries' business communities.
The forum was characterised by heated and constructive debates of seven working groups on trade, investment and infrastructure, financial services, information and communication technologies, food, tourism and SMEs.
Recommendations from each working group will be submitted to the ASEM 5 Summit for consideration.
The forum adopted the AEBF IX Chairman's Statement and reviewed the business performance of ASEM countries in recent years in the context of global economic uncertainty caused by terrorist attacks and high volatility in currency and commodity prices.
AEBF delegates agreed that the forum will meet every two years in conjunction with the ASEM Summit.
Vietnamese Trade Minister Truong Dinh Tuyen had said: "the forum is a precious opportunity for representatives from the business communities of the two continents to sit down and look back at their economic cooperation, discuss issues of mutual concern and explore new possibilities for future cooperation."
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| Sustainable Development |
Developing ASEM
cooperation is a common desire of Asia-Europe
European Union members and the
European Commission attach importance to the
process of Asia-Europe cooperation, Vietnamese
Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg and the EU Phan
Thuy Thanh told Vietnam News Agency correspondent
before leaving for the fifth ASEM Summit in Viet
Nam on Oct. 8 & 9. |
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Asem Youth Forum on
Sustainable Development
From 28th June to 2nd July 2004,
the “ASEM Youth Forum on Sustainable Development:
Strengthening Youth Cooperation between Asia and
Europe” was held in Ha Noi, Viet Nam. The forum
was organized by Viet Nam’s Youth National
Committee and the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF).
That was the third event organized in Viet Nam
among activities towards ASEM 5 Summit Meeting,
which will be held in Ha Noi in October 2004 and
the first activity co-hosted by ASEF and Viet Nam
on the occasion of the Summit. |
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| Economic integration |
Viet Nam hosts ASEAN
Trade Fair 2004 to promote cooperation
This year's ASEAN Trade Fair is
introducing regional economic achievements to a
global audience while demonstrating the
determination of member countries to strengthen
their cooperation and to establish an integrated
economic environment, said Deputy Prime Minister Vu
Khoan on Tuesday at the ASEAN Trade Fair 2004.. |
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VIETNAM - An Active
Member of ASEM
In pursuit of a foreign policy of
openness, multilateralization and diversification
of foreign relations, Vietnam has been actively
integrating itself into the region and the world.
Having become a member of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in July 1995 and
being aware of the potential for cooperation in
investment, trade, science and technology, and
human resources development between Asia and
Europe, Vietnam has made contribution to giving
birth to Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) and was one of
the 26 founding partners of the process at the
inaugural Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM 1) held in
Bangkok, Thailand in March 1996. |
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