(VOVworld) - The ASEAN Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors’ meeting opened in Lao’s capital Vientiane  on Monday. The Vietnamese delegation is led by Finance Minister Dinh Tien Dung. High on the agenda were reports on the global economy by the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank. The meeting is expected to approve the Strategic Action Plan for financial and monetary integration from 2016 to 2025. This is a significant document which ASEAN leaders are expected to approve at the ASEAN summit due in September in Laos.

VOV corespondent in Laos