The number of dengue patients in Thailand so far this year has reached 17,783, more than double the figure in last year’s corresponding period, Thai Public Health Minister Cholnan Srikaew has said.
Many Cambodian newspapers such as SBM NEWS, Phnom Penh Post, CNC, Khmer Times, and Nokorwat News Daily have highly appreciated Cambodia's potential for cooperation and investment promotion with Vietnamese businesses.
The Indonesian Government plans to apply a 12% value-added tax (VAT) next year, marking a 1 percentage point increase from the current rate, according to a senior official.
About 50,000 Singaporean public servants are being appointed as election officials and will receive training in April in preparation for the upcoming election in the country to be held no later than November 2025.
Thailand is estimated to receive 36 million foreign tourists in 2024, thanks to the improving economy and the government’s supporting policies, according to the Kasikorn Research Centre (KResearch).
Emeritus Professor Hal Hill from the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University has affirmed that Australia's future really lies in ASEAN.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 hit offshore of southern Davao Oriental province of the Philippines on March 8, according to the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology.
The Ministry of Social Development and Human Security has engaged in discussions to exchange opinions, seek solutions, and address the challenges of Thailand transitioning into an aging society and the younger generation's reluctance to have children.
Canada has so demonstrated a greater determination than ever in advancing economic, trade and investment ties with the ASEAN region, reflected through the recent establishment of the Canada-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group and the recognition of the Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) as Canada’s only entity officially associated with the region.
With the success of the special summit marking the 50th anniversary between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Australia, the two sides have shown strong commitments to fostering their relations, commented Prof. Carl Thayer from the University of New South Wales (UNSW).
Ambassador Mai Phan Dung, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN in Geneva, on March 7 affirmed the importance the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) attaches to fisheries cooperation and Vietnam’s achievements in developing this sector.
Thai authorities have arrested eight suspects and confiscated more than 10,000 e-cigarette and vaping devices in a raid at Number One market near Ramkhamhaeng University (Bangna Campus) in Bangkok.