The Vietnam Embassy in Ukraine on August 8 organised an ASEAN flag hoisting ceremony to celebrate the bloc’s 52nd founding anniversary.

The 52nd anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) was marked across the world on August 8 with the participation of diplomats from ASEAN member states.

ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi has welcomed Vietnam to hold the Chair of ASEAN in 2020, noting that the country has made big steps forward and become one of the key economies in the grouping.

In this increasingly interconnected world, all external partners of ASEAN play an important role in spurring the grouping's development, Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah said on August 8.

The Special Senior Officials’ Meeting of the 18th Meeting of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) Plus Three wrapped up in the central province of Thua Thien – Hue on August 8 after four days of sitting.

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh has highlighted the Association of the Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) as a strong and cohesive community in an article written on the occasion of the bloc’s 52nd founding anniversary (August 8).

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh attended a ceremony celebrating the 52nd founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Jakarta.

ASEAN is entering a new stage of development, aiming to build a people-centred ASEAN community on a legal basis of the ASEAN Charter and ASEAN Community Vision 2025.

A public discussion entitled “Mainstreaming sustainable development goals (SDGs) into ASEAN Community Vision 2025” took place in Indonesia on August 6.

Thai Finance Minister Uttama Savanayana has disclosed urgent policies which are to be implemented during the first three months of the new government in Thailand with a focus on economic issues, including taxes which need to be restructured promptly.

Expanding the Thailand Future Fund (TFF) and tax reform are two priority policies that will boost development and help to reduce income inequality, Thai Minister of Finance Uttama Savanayana told the Bangkok Post Forum 2019 on August 5.

Thailand’s Public Relations Department (PRD) hosted the ASEAN Friendship Concert 2019 on the theme "Singing Together for Stronger Partnership", using cultural aspects of ASEAN to promote Thailand's role as bloc's chairman this year.

Indonesia's National Disaster Management Agency (BNPB) has called on local authorities to map out plans to deal with effects of unusual weather this year.

The East Sea issue has attracted great attention from the countries participating in the 52nd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-52) and related meetings, given the recent developments in the waters, according to Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung.