HA NOI, Dec. 6 -- Ahead of Viet Nam's accession as the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, senior officials from ASEAN governments and the United Nations (UN), experts from various ASEAN institutions, and other external partners came together in Hanoi on 3-4 December to discuss cooperation in support of the work of the ASEAN-Institute for Peace and Reconciliation.

The 7th ASEAN-UN Workshop - 5th Regional Dialogue on Political-Security Cooperation (AURED V) was jointly organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Viet Nam and the United Nations Departments of Political and Peacebuilding Affairs and Peace Operations.

Opened by Viet Nam's Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Nguyen Quoc Dzung, ASEAN Secretary-General Dato Lim Jock Hoi and UN Assistant Sec...