Economic integration must remain core of ASEAN agenda: PM Lee

Economic integration must remain core of ASEAN agenda: PM Lee

JAKARTA: The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) must move quickly to develop new growth areas particularly in the digital and green economies, Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Tuesday (Sep 5). “Economic integration must remain at the core of our agenda,” Mr Lee told ASEAN le

According to the VNA correspondent in Southeast Asia, on September 5, speaking at the opening session of the 43rd ASEAN Summit in Jakarta (Indonesia), Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong emphasized that economic integration must continue to be the focus of ASEAN and should accelerate efforts to develop new growth areas even though the bloc has progressed well so far.