Grand celebration of ASEAN’s 50th founding anniversaryThe Vietnamese delegation was led by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh to the event. With the theme “Under one light, we are one ASEAN”, the ceremony included a series of performances praising the friendship and solidarity of the 10 member states. ASEAN founding anniversary marked in South AfricaThe ASEAN Pretoria Committee (APC) held a ceremony in the capital city of Pretoria on August 8 to mark the 50th founding anniversary of the association (August 8, 1967). The event was jointly organised by embassies of ASEAN countries in South Africa, namely Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. Particularly, the association has always maintained peace, stability and common development over the past 50 years, he added.

Source: VietNamNet News August 09, 2017 03:00 UTC