VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and State President To Lam on June 9 received heads of delegations, experts, scholars and representatives of international organisations attending the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026 in Hanoi.
Welcoming the international delegates on behalf of the Party and State leadership of Vietnam, the host leader expressed his pleasure that the forum has continued to attract broad participation and support from ASEAN member states, partners and international friends.
The strong presence of delegates showed shared interest in ASEAN’s future and a common desire to exchange ideas and contribute to shaping the region’s development in a new phase, he added.
Appreciating the views and proposals presented at the forum, To Lam noted that ASEAN is in the first year of realizing the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, with new expectations and development opportunities ahead.
Against a rapidly evolving and increasingly complex regional and international environment, he said ASEAN’s priorities are to maintain a peaceful and stable environment for development, enhance competitiveness, strengthen economic resilience and improve people’s well-being.
The Party chief said ASEAN’s achievements over nearly six decades have demonstrated the enduring value of solidarity, consensus, centrality and an inclusive approach. Building on these foundations, ASEAN should continue renewing its thinking and methods of operation, enhance its adaptability and improve the implementation of shared commitments to better meet development requirements in the years ahead.
According to To Lam, ASEAN’s success should first and foremost be measured by the practical benefits it brings to people and businesses across the region.
Sharing Vietnam’s initiative in launching the ASEAN Future Forum, he said peace, stability and sustainable development can only be nurtured through solidarity, dialogue, trust-building and mutually beneficial cooperation. This spirit and objective had motivated Vietnam to launch the forum as an open, substantive and forward-looking platform for dialogue, complementing existing ASEAN cooperation mechanisms while encouraging innovative thinking and collective action for regional development, To Lam emphasized.
Representatives of participating delegations praised Vietnam’s initiative in organising the forum, saying AFF has become a credible, open, inclusive and constructive platform that contributes to discussions on ASEAN’s long-term development directions.
Delegates also hailed Vietnam’s foreign policy orientation, reflected in To Lam’s consistent messages delivered at the Shangri-La Dialogue, Tsinghua University and the ASEAN Secretariat in 2025, which they said demonstrated Vietnam’s positive and constructive contributions to regional peace, dialogue and cooperation.
They expressed hope that AFF will continue serving as a bridge connecting leaders, policymakers, scholars, businesses, youth and other relevant parties, while promoting frank and substantive exchanges on strategic issues facing the region.
To Lam and the delegates expressed confidence that ASEAN will continue to uphold its central role, reinforce intra-bloc solidarity, enhance its capacity to respond to emerging challenges and effectively implement the ASEAN Community Vision 2045, thereby further affirming its position as a dynamic, resilient community and a trusted partner for peace, stability and development in the region and beyond.
Vietnam’s hosting of the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026 reflects its transition from an “active participant” to an increasingly influential “agenda shaper” within ASEAN, according to Professor Qu Qiang of the Minzu University of China and commentator for China Global Television Network (CGTN).
VOV.VN - The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026 officially opened in Hanoi on June 9 under the theme “Shaping Our Future Together: Peace, Prosperity and People-Centred Development”.
The ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) demonstrates Vietnam’s growing role and standing in promoting a more synergised and proactively connected ASEAN, said Professor Vu Minh Khuong of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.
Vietnam’s hosting of the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) 2026 reflects its transition from an “active participant” to an increasingly influential “agenda shaper” within ASEAN, according to Professor Qu Qiang of the Minzu University of China and commentator for China Global Television Network (CGTN).
Vietnam has consistently demonstrated a proactive and constructive role in addressing regional and global challenges, actively promoting dialogue, compromise and peaceful solutions to complex issues, according to Russian scholars.
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