Jakarta (VNA), March 22 -- The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the Republic of Korea (RoK) reaffirmed commitment to further advance their partnership at the 11th Meeting of the ASEAN-RoK Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC) held at the ASEAN headquarters on March 21.

The meeting was co-chaired by Permanent Representative of Vietnam Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, and Ambassador of the RoK to ASEAN Lee Jang-keun. It was the last JCC meeting co-chaired by Vietnam in its role as the coordinator for ASEAN-RoK relations in the 2021-2024 period.

The meeting took note of the good progress made in ASEAN-RoK cooperation over the past one year, including through follow up to the outcomes of the 24th ASEAN-RoK Summit and activities to ...