ASEAN Community – The key to national and regional integration in Southeast Asia

The conference attracted the interest and participation of various experts from Vietnam and the world such as from University of Gadjah Mada, Indonesia; the Vietnam Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Thailand Ministry of Education, etc.

There were 3 panels with their respective themes: political–security community; economic community, socio-cultural community.

The first panel was about “ASEAN political-security community: The key to national and regional integration in Southeast Asia.” In this panel, the main papers presented were: ASEAN and integration in Southeast Asia: the role of ASEAN political-security community; the future of ASEAN community after 2015: from the perspective of ASEAN political-security community; Towards the ASEAN political-security community: the upcoming challenges; ASEAN-America cooperation under the framework of the ASEAN political-security community since 2009.

The second panel was about “ASEAN economic community: The key to national and regional integration in Southeast Asia.” The main topics in this panel were: On the vision of ASEAN economic community after 2015 and the related issues; the ASEAN economic community and foreign direct investment: China’s perspective; ASEAN economic community: the prospects and implications for Vietnam; The readiness of Vietnam to join AEC.

The third panel was about “ASEAN socio-economic community: The key to national and regional integration in Southeast Asia.” The main topics were: ASEAN socio-cultural community and the participation of Vietnam; from national to regional identity: the challenges for ASEAN socio-cultural ASEAN; the awareness and actions of ASEAN community regarding humanitarian activities in response to natural disasters.