AIPA 41 contributed to implementing the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 and post-2025 development orientation, Photo: Tuan Anh In addition to the 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting and related meetings considering proposals to forge more partnerships last week, the 41st General Assembly of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA 41), which is the most important external event for Vietnam's 14th National Assembly, also saw the inking, approval, and recognition of around 40 documents related to various sectors affecting the performance of ASEAN as a whole. One of the common points of the documents is that they are ultimately aimed to foster the development of the bloc, which is currently being damaged by COVID-19. The Asian Development Bank projects that the bloc's growth will decline from 4.4 per cent in 2019 to only -2.7 per cent for 2020, before bouncing back to 5.2 per cent next year. Among the documents, a resolution on the role of parliaments in boosting the connectivity and economic recovery in ASEAN in the post-pandemic period was approved, paving the way for regional nations to design effective solutions to lift them out of difficulties and attract more investment as well. "Economic cooperation in AIPA is one of the key… Read full this story
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