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The 16th ASEAN Economic Ministers is
organized in Malaysia on February 27–28, 2010 – Photo: VNA |
The
Ministers centered their discussions on orientations for economic cooperation
in 2010.
This year,
ASEAN will channel its resources to realize important agreements, including the
ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), the ASEAN Comprehensive Investment
Agreement (ACIA), and the Protocol on ASEAN services.
The delegates also agreed
on measures to raise enterprises and people’s awareness of ASEAN economic
integration in the interest of the communities.
Presided over the Meeting, Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Vũ Huy
Hoàng emphasized the Association’s top priority of fully realizing its commitments
and economic cooperation programs in order to establish the ASEAN Economic
Community (AEC) in 2015.
ASEAN
Ministers highly appreciated Việt Nam’s proposal of making the Leaders’
draft declaration on sustainable economic recovery and development, which will
be released at the 16th ASEAN Summit scheduled on April 7-9 in Hà
Nội.