Jakarta, March 10 -- ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn received General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) Central Committee To Lam at the ASEAN Secretariat on Monday with a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of Vietnam's accession to the organization.
Kao said in his welcoming remarks that Vietnam's accession in 1995 represented a critical step towards realizing the ASEAN founding fathers' vision of a unified Southeast Asia -- maritime and mainland, archipelagic and continental -- bound by shared aspirations for peace and prosperity and united by a spirit of solidarity and mutual understanding.
Kao said To Lam's visit marks the first-ever visit of a general secretary of the CPV Central Committee to the ASEAN Secreta...