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President Rodrigo Duterte accepts the gavel to symbolize the handing over of the ASEAN Chairmanship to the Philippines from Laotian Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith at the National Convention Center in Vientiane, Laos on September 8. KING RODRIGUEZ/PPD