Sydney, June 10 -- Vietnam has successfully sustained and elevated the ASEAN Future Forum (AFF) into a dynamic platform for dialogue and cooperation, contributing to regional exchanges while reinforcing ASEAN's central role in shaping the region's future, according to Professor Carl Thayer of the Australian Defence Force Academy at the University of New South Wales. Thayer said that the forum extends beyond government participation to include business leaders, media representatives and academics; and features a broad range of activities, including discussions on the role of Southeast Asian political parties in ASEAN Community-building, youth aspirations toward 2030, and the Mekong subregion's place in ASEAN's cooperative architecture towa...