In his address, he stressed that the world is facing mounting risks and uncertainties. While all nations continue to speak of peace, stability and cooperation, the strategic environment is marked by a growing lack of trust, fragmentation and unchecked competition. "Therefore, what we need is to reach and advance a shared vision – essential no matter how minimal it may be – to safeguard peace, trust and development for humankind in the 21st century," he said.
He also proposed strengthening capacity to prevent crises early and from afar as experience repeatedly shows that many major crises began with misunderstandings left unresolved, signals wrongly interpreted, and preventive mechanisms not activated in time.
The Vietnamese leader said current instability reflects three overlapping and interlinked crises: a crisis of the international order, a crisis of development models, and a crisis of strategic trust. He stressed that these three crises are converging most visibly in the Asia-Pacific. Precisely because it is where these challenges converge, the Asia-Pacific must also become where solutions emerge.
From this perspective, he offered several recommendations for jointly shaping an Asia-Pacific that is peaceful, stable, resilient and capable of mitigating risks early and from afar.
