2020年，越南作为东盟轮值主席国提出“齐心协力与主动应对”的东盟年度主题，在突发新冠肺炎疫情，世界经济遭受重创的背景下，东盟加强内外合作，合力抗击疫情，积极推动共同体全面建设，取得了良好成效。一是疫情得到良好控制，经济增长触底反弹，恢复势头明显；二是三大共同体建设迎来中期检查，建设工作推进迅速，建设效果高于预期，特别是《区域全面经济伙伴关系协定》（RCEP）的顺利签署进一步巩固了东盟在地区事务中的中心地位，其将成为推动东盟经济增长的新动力。进入2021年，文莱提出“共同关注、共同应对、共同繁荣”的年度主题，但是在新冠肺炎疫情出现反复，缅甸国内出现政局动荡等问题的影响下，东盟共同体建设面临严峻考验。
In 2020，as Vietnam held the chair of ASEAN with the theme “Cohesive and Responsive ASEAN”，ASEAN had been strenthening internal and external cooperation，especially on fighting against the COVID-19 pandemic，and made achievements on the construction of the whole community even in the context of the outbreak and spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result，the pandemic has been controlled，while economic growth has bottomed out and been showing a recovery momentum；the construction of the three major communities has ushered in mid-term inspections，and the construction is progressing rapidly with an effect higher than expectedas the smooth signing of RCEP，which has further consolidated ASEAN’s central position and will became a new driving force for regional economic growth. In 2021，with Brunei Darussalam’s chairmanship and the theme “We Care，We Prepare，We Prosper”，ASEAN will keep on the way of development and fact to a series of challenge such as the the recurrence of the pandemic，the political turmoil in Myanmar….
