Vietnamese PM Calls for Asean Blueprint

Dung said these measures would support and complement the development of each member state and help achieve the blueprint's goals.

Greater efforts should be taken to realise the blueprint, he said in his speech at the opening of the Fourth Asean Socio-Cultural Community Council Meeting at the International Convention Palace, here today.

The ASCC Blueprint was adopted by the Asean Leaders at the 14th Asean Summit in March 2009 in Cha-am/Hua Hin, Thailand.

The ASCC Blueprint represents the human dimension of Asean cooperation and upholds Asean commitment to address the regions aspiration to lift the quality of life of its peoples.

In his speech, Dung also stressed that greater importance should be attached to strengthening coordination among bodies of the socio-cultural pillar, first of all the coordinating role of the ASCC Council.