Vietnamese PM to attend ASEAN, G20 summits

HANOI, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc will attend the ASEAN summit from Saturday to Sunday and the G20 summit and visit Japan from June 27 to July 1.

Phuc will attend the opening ceremony, plenary sessions and the retreat meeting of the 34th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to be held in Thailand, and have bilateral meetings with other ASEAN leaders, Vietnamese foreign ministry spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang said at a regular press conference on Thursday.

Attending the G20 summit in Japan slated for June 28-29, he will make a speech at its plenary session, share Vietnam's vision and ideas for cooperation and efforts to jointly handle global economic issues, and hold bilateral meetings with leaders of some participating countries, Hang said.