Vietnam is leading ASEAN in terms of the percentage of working women in total employment, according to a report by the ADB and OECD.

Thousands of people in Indonesia prayed for rain in haze-hit towns throughout Sumatra and Borneo islands as forest fires raged at the height of the dry season, Antara news agency reported on September 11.

The Supply Chain Asia Forum 2019, themed "Digitalisation of the Supply Chain World” kicked off in Singapore on September 10.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte and his Singaporean counterpart Halimah Yacob have discussed measures to strengthen defence and security cooperation, and boost trade and investment flows.

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.

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

Economic ministers of Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) affirmed the countries’ coordination to successfully carry out CLMV action plans at their 11th meeting in Bangkok on September 5.

Thailand’s authorities will install 23 X-ray machines at Suvarnabhumi International Airport in Bangkok by the end of 2019 to prevent goods smuggling.

The Government Public Relations Department and the Royal Photographic Society of Thailand has granted prizes and exhibited the winning works of the ASEAN 2019 photo contest.

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.