Economic ministers of the 10 ASEAN member countries and China have agreed to bolster the bilateral trade during their meeting on the sidelines of the 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 51) in Bangkok.

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake struck Davao Oriental province in the southern Philippines on September 10, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs).

No less than 2,510 hotspots, indicating the presence of forest fires, were spotted by satellites throughout the ASEAN region from September 4-7.

Measures to promote joint investigation in preventing drug trafficking along sea routes in Southeast Asia were discussed at a workshop in Hanoi on September 9.

The 7th Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ministerial meeting took place in Bangkok, Thailand on September 8.

The ASEAN Committee in Canada’s Ottawa organised an ASEAN friendship day on September 8, attracting the participation of the bloc’s diplomatic corps to the country, Canadian officials, and international friends.

Embassies of member countries in the ASEAN Committee in Rome (ACR) celebrated the ASEAN Family Day on September 7.

The 51st ASEAN Economic Ministers’ Meeting (AEM 51) and related meetings officially opened in Bangkok on September 6, bringing together economic leaders from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and partner countries.

Vietnam will host the eighth annual general meeting of the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) in August, 2020.

Vietnam stands ready to work as a bridge to help Russia as well as the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU) expand ties with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), towards a trade and investment agreement between the two regions, a senior Vietnamese official said on September 4.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamadbegan his three-day official visit to Cambodia on September 2 to enhance ties between the two Southeast Asian nations.

Navies from Vietnam and other member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are participating in the first ASEAN-US Maritime Exercise (AUMX) that is taking place from September 2-6 in the Gulf of Thailand and off Vietnam’s southern Ca Mau province.

A national consultation seminar was held in Hanoi on August 29 to review the implementation of the third stage of the Working Plan for Initiative for ASEAN Integration (IAI) for 2016 – 2020 in Vietnam.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Health Minister Nguyen Thi Kim Tien attended the 14th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting that opened in Siem Reap, Cambodia, on August 29.