Beijing, June 8 -- The ASEAN Future Forum 2026 (AFF 2026), scheduled to take place in Hanoi on June 9- 10 under the theme "Shaping Our Future Together: Peace, Prosperity and People-Centred Development", reflects Vietnam's increasingly proactive and constructive role in ASEAN, according to a Chinese scholar. The forum was first proposed by Vietnam at the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Indonesia in September 2023. Following its successful editions in 2024 and 2025, the initiative has gained broad support from ASEAN member states and the international community, with a large number of ideas and recommendations discussed at the forum later incorporated into ASEAN Summit documents. Speaking to the Vietnam News Agency, Professor Xu Liping, Director of th...