(VOVWORLD) -A ceremony to raise the ASEAN flag to celebrate the bloc’s 50th founding anniversary (August 8) was held in Hanoi at 7:30 am today.

(VOVWORLD) -The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is celebrating its 50th founding anniversary today. Over the past half a century, ASEAN has been a common house of special identities.

(VOVWORLD) - A festival of Vietnamese folk music opened at Dong Xuan night market in Hanoi on Sunday, attracting folk singers from clubs in Hanoi, Hoa Binh, Vinh Phuc, Ha Giang, and Ho Chi Minh city.

(VOVWORLD) - The Voice of Vietnam (VOV) will host the ASEAN+3 Song Contest 2017 from next Friday, to mark the 50th anniversary of ASEAN.

(VOVWORLD) -Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Chrystia Freeland within the framework of the 50th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting in Manila on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) -Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has reiterated Vietnam’s commitment to cooperation between the Mekong nations and the US to achieve sustainable development in the Mekong region, Mr. Minh made the remark at the 10th Lower Mekong Initiative Ministerial Meeting in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday.

(VOVWORLD) -The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) released a joint communiqué Sunday evening on the 50th meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers in the Philippines.

(VOVWORLD) -Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Sunday that he believes the US is ready to resume a dialogue with Russia on complex issues despite bilateral tensions.

(VOVWORLD) -China and Russia promised on Sunday to maintain close communications on the Korean Peninsula issue.

(VOVWORLD) -ASEAN has become the 6th largest economy in the world and the 3rd largest in Asia after 50 years of establishment.