Hanoi to host 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals this week

[ASEAN NOW News]

Vietnam’s Hanoi capital will virtually host the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals (AMMin8) and its related meetings from October 6-8.

 

The related meetings are the 21st ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals (ASOMM 21) and the 14th ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Minerals with three dialogue countries of China, Japan, and the Republic of Korea (ASOMM+3).

 

ASEAN Ministers attend AMMin7 in Bangkok, Thailand, in December 2019. Photo: ASEAN Secretariat

 

The meetings will bring together ministers and senior officials of minerals from 10 ASEAN member countries, namely Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam, as well as the ASEAN Secretariat, three ASEAN dialogue partners of Japan, China, and the RoK.

 

Representatives of international organizations such as CCOP and AFMA will also attend the events, VOV reported.

 

A representative of the Government of Vietnam will deliver an opening speech and chair the 8th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Minerals, while the Minister of Natural Resources and Environment of Vietnam will chair the related meetings.

 

The AMMin is a forum for ASEAN ministers to review regional cooperation in the field of minerals, promote the development of the mining industry, and at the same time outline policy directions for cooperation within the bloc and between the bloc and its dialogue partners.