The Thai government is planning to move faster in the implementation of the Eastern Economic Corridor project.

Myanmar local authorities extended the curfew order in Maungtaw in the northern part of Rakhine state for another two months to ensure further security, stability and rule of law.

The Bank of Thailand (BOT) has announced that its strategy for 2018 is to use new technologies to achieve faster and more convenient financial transactions.

Many Andaman coastal provinces on December 26 offered tributes to the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Thailand plans to set up rescue centres in seven national parks throughout the country, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Surasak Kanchanarat said on December 26.

A conference on Vietnam’s performance across three pillars of the ASEAN Community took place in Hanoi on December 26.

Thailand welcomed 3 million foreign tourists in November, up 23.2 percent from the same month a year earlier, the Thai Ministry of Tourism and Sports said on December 25.

At least 31 people were killed and 49 others were missing in landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kai-Tak, which swept through the central Philippines on December 16.

The Sinabung volcano in Indonesia's North Sumatra province erupted on December 18, spewing columns of smoke and ash clouds.

According to the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement (ATIGA), Vietnam will have to cut 669 tariff lines to zero percent in January 2018.

Tropical storm Kai-Tak hit the Philippines on December 16, claiming 26 lives in the central island province of Biliranin.

The ASEAN Family Day was held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on December 16.

A 6.5-magnitude quake hit Indonesia’s West Java province on December 15.

Thailand launched a skill development programme for community enterprises and low-income earners, which aims to strengthen the grassroots economy and raise the quality of life for the impoverished.