ASEAN vows to enhance sub-regional cooperation
(WorldNews South Korea)

The following is the ASEAN chair`s statement of the ASEAN Coordinating Council`s special session on sub-regional development, Sept. 9. Vietnam serves as the 2020 ASEAN chair. — ED. 1. The ASEAN Coordinating Council (ACC) held a special meeting on sub-regional development on Sept. 9, 2020, via video conferencing to discuss sub-regional development across ASEAN and ASEAN`s role in promoting sub-regional development to achieve the ASEAN Community-building objectives. 2. The ministers were briefed by the secretary-general of ASEAN, president of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the president of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA) on their perspectives...