Hanoi, June 18 -- Three decades after joining the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), Vietnam has transformed from an economy opening up to the world into one of the region's key growth drivers. While ASEAN once served as Vietnam's gateway to the global economy, the country is now helping generate new momentum for the bloc through trade, investment, logistics, digital transformation and green growth. Since joining ASEAN in 1995 and the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) a year later, Vietnam has pursued deep regional integration as a strategic path to reform and development. Subsequent agreements, including the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), ASEAN-plus-one free trade deals and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership...