Manila, July 22 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs Le Hoai Trung attended the ASEAN Post-Ministerial Conference with the US on July 22 as part of the 59th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting (AMM-59) and related meetings. Addressing the meeting, Trung welcomed the US' commitment to peace, stability and development in the region, and called on both sides to finalise and effectively implement a new comprehensive work programme at the earliest opportunity. On economic cooperation, the Vietnamese minister proposed that ASEAN and the US promote trade and investment in an open, transparent and mutually beneficial manner, while expanding joint work in the digital economy, artificial intelligence (AI), semiconductors, science and technology, innovation,...