ASEAN ministers meet in Hanoi

ASEAN ministers meet in Hanoi

HANOI (AFP): Transport and communications ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will meet here Wednesday to adopt a five-year action plan into the next millennium, the transport ministry said.

The fifth regional conference of its type is due to study and adopt the plan for transports and communications from 1999 to 2004.

An accord on road networks is due to be signed along, while protocols on the transit of goods between the 10-members are due to be ratified.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.