The gala dinner for the ASEAN Summits takes place in Vientiane on Thursday, October 10, hosted by Prime Minister of the Lao PDR Sonexay Siphandone and his wife Vandara Siphandone.
ASEAN representatives from Brunei Darussalam, Burma, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam as well as major partners including the United States, China, Japan, Russian Foreign minister Sergei Lavrov and others are expected to participate.
The 44th and 45th ASEAN summits take place on October 6-11 in Laos. Malaysia will take over the chairmanship for 2025.