Hanoi, Feb. 26 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must be more flexible and strengthen its central role to effectively address challenges in the current context, delegates said at the 1st and 2nd plenary sessions of the 2nd ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) which is being held in Hanoi on February 25 and 26. At the first plenary session, which focused on megatrends shaping ASEAN and the world by 2035, coordinated by Dr. Dino Patti Djalal, Founder and Chairman of the Foreign Policy Community of Indonesia (FPCI), delegates shared insights and explored global shifts and key trends shaping the global landscape and ASEAN's future through 2035.

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