The theme is “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”

• “Cohesive” represents the idea of upholding the unity, solidarity and internal strength of ASEAN, increasing economic connectivity, deepening the ASEANvalues and identities, and enhancing the efficiency of the bloc’s apparatus and promoting the ASEAN’s partnerships in the global community.
• “Responsive” reflects the needs of ASEAN to increase its proactiveness, creativeness and responsiveness to opportunities and challenges from global and regional situation.