DEVELOPMENTS - Nation hails ASEAN push for co-operation

Vietnam news, 17-1-2007

CEBU— Viet Nam welcomes the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) decision to intensify co-operation and speed up regional integration to keep up with global developments, said Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.
Addressing the 12th ASEAN Summit in Cebu, the Philippines on Saturday, the Vietnamese Prime Minister emphasised the importance of building the ASEAN Charter for the bloc’s future development.
He said the ASEAN Charter should take into account fundamental principles and common values and standards to harmonise national and regional interests in order to work out a dynamic, effective and flexible model that reflects ASEAN’s special characteristics.

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