Singapore to host Asean Summit this week; Vietnam PM to make official visit

[Singapore] REGIONAL leaders will gather in Singapore from Wednesday until Saturday for the 32nd Asean Summit and related meetings, during which they will discuss the grouping's top priorities, programmes and challenges.

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will chair the meeting, the first among Asean leaders in Singapore during the Republic's year of chairing the grouping.

One of the first to arrive will be Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, who will be on an official visit from Wednesday to Friday at the invitation of Mr Lee.