Prof. Pankaj Jha from India’s O.P.
Jindal Global University in his article published on modernpolicy.eu on
December 22.
According to the professor, during the 33rd US-ASEAN Dialogue, held in
Washington DC on August 4, it was expressed that the US-ASEAN strategic
partnership was important for a free and open Indo-Pacific region.
The United States has buttressed the need for clear and transparent rules based
on the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), and commitment to the 2016
arbitration tribunal ruling.
Under the chairmanship of Vietnam, ASEAN has been able to address the COVID-19
pandemic and the US has expressed faith in ASEAN resilience against
Malaysia Today, a news portal of Malaysia, has run an article appreciating Vietnam s attraction to foreign direct
investment (FDI).
According to the article, one can see global manufacturers
flocking to Vietnam. This is because investors are assured of the country’s
political stability.
“
Vietnam’s low costs, investor-friendly policies, zero tolerance for corruption
and state-backed efforts to promote tech start-ups also make the country
appealing to investors,” it said.
Foreign investors have committed billions of dollars in Vietnam and the present
per capita income of the country in some zones has increased almost fivefold
since the past decade, it added.
A meeting of the UNSC in New York (Photo: VNA)
New
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supports disarmament and the
non-proliferation of weapons
of mass destruction, including nuclear weapons, Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Chargé
d Affaires of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations (UN), has said.
The Vietnamese diplomat made the affirmation at a meeting of the UN Security Council
(UNSC) on December 22 reviewing the implementation of the UNSC’s Resolution No 2231,
which endorsed the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) on Iran’s nuclear
programme.
He stated that Vietnam supports Resolution No 2231 and the JCPOA, while calling
on stakeholders to refrain from actions that undermine trust and escalate tensions