Vietnam contributes to common efforts in ASEM cooperation: spokespersonVietnam always attaches importance and gives high priority to contributing to common efforts to raise the role of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) cooperation, said Vietnamese Foreign Ministry’s spokesperson Le Thi Thu Hang. March 1 is ASEM Day, she said, adding as a founding member, Vietnam warmly welcomes the important event. The Southeast Asian country successfully organised the 5th ASEM Summit in 2004, and economic ministers’ meeting (2001), information-technology ministers’ meeting (2006), foreign and education ministers’ meetings (2009) and labour ministers’ meeting (2012). The country is among leading nations in promoting periodic cooperation mechanism on natural disaster response and ASEM dialogue on sustainable development on water resources, upgrading the Mekong Sub-region cooperation to regional level, boosting first local cooperation projects in ASEM between localities of Vietnam and Romania and Bulgaria. The country chaired the 37th meeting of the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) Board of Governors.- VNA