Ho Chi Minh City [Vietnam], December 14 (ANI/WAM): The ASEAN-Japan Youth Festival was held in Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam on December 13 as a part of actions to rejoice 50 years of ASEAN-Japan partnership and to boost understanding and exchanges between the youths of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Japan.
According to the Vietnam News Agency (VNA), about 110 younger folks from Japan and 9 ASEAN international locations – Campuchia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – joined the competition which is themed “ASEAN – Japan Youth Hand-in-hand to Implement Sustainable Development Goals”.
Speaking on the occasion, Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister Tran Luu Quang mentioned that the 12 months 2023 holds a really particular historic significance for each ASEAN and Japan as the 2 sides are celebrating the fiftieth founding anniversary of their cooperative relations, and on the identical time upgraded their relations to a complete strategic partnership.
Looking again on the previous 50 years, folks of the international locations are pleased to see the ASEAN-Japan cooperative relations have been creating strongly and achieved nice achievements, he mentioned.
The two sides are actually dependable companions of one another, making vital contributions to peace, stability, cooperation and growth in Southeast Asia, Asia Pacific, and the world, the Deputy PM harassed. (ANI/WAM)