ASEM 5, Hanoi 2004
The fifth ASEM Summit took place in Hanoi on 8 and 9 October 2004. The ASEM 5 Summit allowed for enlargement to 13 new countries. The new members in the ASEM process were the ten new EU Member States and three new ASEAN countries.
The main theme of the Summit meeting was "Further Revitalising and substantiating the Asia-Europe partnership". In addition, the leaders commissioned the Foreign Ministers to define priority areas for cooperation.
