Vietnam attends int’l webinar on impacts of new world order on Asia-Pacific
An international webinar on prospects for a new bipolar world order and its impacts on Asia-Pacific took place on June 16, gathering leading scholars from Russia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Vietnam.
Vietnam attends the international webinar on impacts of new world order on Asia-Pacific which takes place on June 16. (Photo: VNA)
Moscow (VNA) – An international webinar on prospects for a new bipolar world orderand its impacts on Asia-Pacific took place on June 16, gathering leading scholarsfrom Russia, China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Singapore and Vietnam.
The event washosted by the Moscow-based Valdai Discussion Club.
Participatingspeakers shared a view that the tension is likely to linger in the Asia-Pacificregion in the wake of rising US-China strategic competition.
Viktor Sumsky,the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)’s ASEAN CentreDirector, said the new bipolarworld order is not compatiable to the regional development given that realising the dream of making the 21stcentury an Asian century is a big question.
What it ishappening now could wreakhavoc on the cooperation system that has existed in the region over thelast more than three decades, hesaid.
The speakerswidely agreed that regional powerhouses are less likely to engage in severe ordirect military conflicts.
Despite that,clashes involving third parties is an actual risk which will concern regional countries, said NguyenHung Son, Director General of the Institute for East Sea Studies at theDiplomatic Academy of Vietnam.
He urged thepowerhouses to take responsible actions and observe international laws whilecountries in the Asia-Pacific region should further expand areas of cooperation.
During thewebinar, Russian and Asian speakers also discussed other pressing issues in theregion./.
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Vietnam attends the international webinar on impacts of new world order on Asia-Pacific which takes place on June 16. (Photo: VNA)
