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Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Nguy\u1ec5n L\u00ea Thanh receives the ASEAN flag from Thai Ambassador Suphanvasa Chotikajan Tang. \u2014 VNA\/VNS Photo<\/p>\nVietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Nguy\u1ec5n L\u00ea Thanh receives the ASEAN flag from Thai Ambassador Suphanvasa Chotikajan Tang. \u2014 VNA\/VNS Photo<\/p>\n
H\u00c0 N\u1ed8I \u2014 Vi\u1ec7t Nam has officially assumed the rotating chairmanship of the ASEAN Committee in Copenhagen (ACC) for a one-year term starting May 2026.<\/p>\n
Ambassador Nguy\u1ec5n L\u00ea Thanh received the role from the Thai Ambassador at a handover ceremony held at the Thai Embassy, attended by more than 50 delegates, including representatives from the Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, research institutions, businesses, associations, and foreign diplomatic missions.<\/p>\n
Vi\u1ec7t Nam\u2019s chairmanship comes at a significant time, as Denmark was officially admitted as a Sectoral Dialogue Partner of ASEAN in January 2026, while the bloc also welcomed its newest member, Timor-Leste, in October 2025.<\/p>\n
ASEAN ambassadors and participants at the ceremony spoke highly of Vi\u1ec7t Nam\u2019s action plan, which focuses on promoting the images of ASEAN and its member states among Danish partners and the public, while strengthening connectivity and expanding cooperation in areas of shared interest.<\/p>\n
On the occasion, ASEAN embassies in Denmark, including those of Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Vi\u1ec7t Nam, jointly organised a seminar themed \u201cASEAN\u2013Denmark: Partnership for the Future\u201d.<\/p>\n
Participants highlighted ASEAN\u2019s development journey from the Bangkok Declaration to a dynamic, united regional community with a growing global role, as well as the ASEAN Community Vision 2045. They also underscored the significance of ASEAN 2026\u2019s theme, \u201cShaping Our Shared Future,\u201d under the chairmanship of the Philippines, centred on strengthening peace and security, expanding prosperity corridors, and empowering people.<\/p>\n
Addressing the seminar, Thanh stressed that ASEAN continues to assert itself as a vital cooperation mechanism, contributing to peace, stability and trust-building while expanding opportunities for shared development and prosperity.<\/p>\n
Looking ahead, he noted that ASEAN faces four major challenges: rising strategic competition, increasing external shocks, complex economic, technological and green transition, and the need to enhance institutional effectiveness and implementation capacity. However, he affirmed that ASEAN\u2019s strength lies in its ability to turn challenges into drivers of reform and growth.<\/p>\n
The bloc\u2019s future, he added, will depend on maintaining unity and centrality in a more competitive strategic environment, strengthening resilience and strategic autonomy, promoting an open, inclusive and rules-based regional order, and ensuring sustainable, people-centred development.<\/p>\n
The ambassador also highlighted that ASEAN\u2013Denmark relations, under the Sectoral Dialogue Partnership framework, offer strong potential for cooperation in areas such as green transition, digital solutions, innovation and sustainable development, while calling for concrete and effective collaboration going forward. \u2014 VNA\/VNS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Vietnamese Ambassador to Denmark Nguy\u1ec5n L\u00ea Thanh receives the ASEAN flag from Thai Ambassador Suphanvasa Chotikajan Tang. \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":75739,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[40621,40609,40649,40651,438,108,40597,40634,40618,40617,1414,33432,40639,40636,40601,40595,2072,40645,40622,40600,12405,4399,40605,40612,40633,40616,40631,40643,40603,40632,40623,40620,40650,40619,1158,19270,135,40602,40646,40652,40599,40629,40625,40606,40611,40638,40644,40604,40637,40641,40648,40642,40630,40640,40614,40610,40647,40615,40608,40593,40654,40626,40653,40627,40596,40635,40613,40607,40628,40598,40624,40594],"class_list":{"0":"post-75738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-copenhagen","8":"tag-bao-online","9":"tag-bao-vietnam","10":"tag-bao-vn-net","11":"tag-baovietnam","12":"tag-business","13":"tag-copenhagen","14":"tag-current-news","15":"tag-current-news-headlines","16":"tag-daily-nation-newspaper-headlines","17":"tag-daily-nation-today","18":"tag-economy","19":"tag-english-daily","20":"tag-english-news-headlines","21":"tag-english-news-papers","22":"tag-english-newspapers","23":"tag-english-through-the-news","24":"tag-environment","25":"tag-govt-news","26":"tag-headlines-news","27":"tag-latest-news-today","28":"tag-life","29":"tag-magazine","30":"tag-nation-news-paper","31":"tag-national-news-headlines","32":"tag-national-news-in-english","33":"tag-news-headline","34":"tag-news-headlines-for-today","35":"tag-news-highlights","36":"tag-news-latest","37":"tag-news-paper-online","38":"tag-news-site","39":"tag-news-website","40":"tag-news-vn","41":"tag-newspaper-headlines-today","42":"tag-politics","43":"tag-society","44":"tag-sports","45":"tag-the-vietnam-war","46":"tag-the-vietnam-war-summary","47":"tag-thongtanxavietnam","48":"tag-tin-viet-nam","49":"tag-tin-viet-nam-net","50":"tag-tin-vietnam","51":"tag-today-breaking-news","52":"tag-today-headlines","53":"tag-today-hot-news","54":"tag-today-international-news","55":"tag-today-news-headlines","56":"tag-top-news-headlines","57":"tag-up-to-the-minute-news","58":"tag-viet-nam","59":"tag-viet-news","60":"tag-viet-to-english","61":"tag-vietnam-conflict","62":"tag-vietnam-culture","63":"tag-vietnam-economy","64":"tag-vietnam-exports","65":"tag-vietnam-government","66":"tag-vietnam-history","67":"tag-vietnam-news","68":"tag-vietnam-news-agency","69":"tag-vietnam-people","70":"tag-vietnam-plus","71":"tag-vietnam-today","72":"tag-vietnam-war","73":"tag-vietnam-war-history","74":"tag-vietnam-war-summary","75":"tag-vietnamese-culture","76":"tag-vietnamese-news","77":"tag-vietnamese-to-english","78":"tag-war-in-vietnam","79":"tag-your-say"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75739"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}