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ASEAN Secretary General Le Luong Minh. (Source: tgvn.com.vn) |
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, and Indian leader Manmohan Singh are among the most noticeable Asian names on the list.
The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK)’s leader Kim Jong-Un is also listed.
Minh, 61, officially took leadership of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) on January 9, 2013, making him the first Vietnamese to head the grouping.
He used to be head of Vietnam’s permanent delegation at the United Nations and Vietnam's Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs.
Source: Vietnam Plus