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| Delegates attending the meeting. |
On August 28-29, Ambassador Ton Thi Ngoc Huong, Head of the Vietnamese Mission to ASEAN, led the Vietnamese delegation to attend the 74th meeting of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) Task Force and the 14th Consultation Meeting of the IAI Task Force with ASEAN partners at the ASEAN Secretariat headquarters in Jakarta, Indonesia.
These are regular meetings to review the implementation of projects within the IAI framework, propose solutions to further improve the effectiveness of implementing IAI Work Plans and consult with IAI Initiative Support Partners.
The 74th meeting of the IAI Task Force was attended and reported by the IAI national focal points of Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-Vietnam (CLMV).
Delegates acknowledged and highly appreciated the results of implementing projects under the IAI Work Plan Phase 4 (2021-2025). To date, 14/24 action lines of the IAI Work Plan Phase 4 (2021-2025) have been implemented, reaching 66% in all 5 strategic areas: Food and Agriculture, Trade Facilitation, Small and Medium Enterprises, Education and Training, and Public Health. Currently, 91 projects have been approved and are being implemented with a total value of 19.37 million USD.
At the 14th Consultation Meeting of the IAI Task Force with ASEAN partners, partner countries such as Australia, the US, Japan, South Korea, China, New Zealand, the UK, the European Union (EU), India, Canada... affirmed that they will continue to support ASEAN within the IAI framework, and contribute many ideas and practical experiences to more effectively implement the IAI Work Plan Phase 4.
The Partner Countries welcomed the decision to add Timor Leste to CLMV as IAI cooperation beneficiary countries.
The IAI Task Force welcomes and thanks partner countries for their contributions to IAI projects in the past, and calls on countries to continue to actively contribute to the IAI Work Plan Phase 4 (2021-2025).
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