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Chile's Los Ríos region and Vietnamese localities can promote bilateral cooperation, particularly in the fields of economy, culture, and education.

Malaysian Transport Minister Anthony Loke has called on ASEAN member states to keep pushing for improved integration by linking up railway network to achieve greater free flow of goods in the region.

The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), the world’s largest trade pact, will reduce tariffs and harmonise trade rules, and Singapore and regional nations stand to gain from it by being more deeply plugged into global supply chains.

After 45 years of national reunification and three decades of the Doi Moi (renewal) process, under the leadership of the Party, southern provinces and cities’ economy have thrived dramatically.

High tide in several days has caused floods in many southern localities. With high tide peaking, Ho Chi Minh City is bracing for heaving flooding.

Vietnam has the advantage for developing wind and solar power. Encouraged by the state’s investment incentives, many businesses have invested in this area and have achived positive results.

Terrorism remains a threat in Myanmar’s Rakhine State and could cause grave consequences for the region, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi said in a lecture in Singapore on August 21.

A festival aiming to promote the beauty of Vietnam’s mountainous region is taking place in Hanoi.

Malaysia raises alert on IS appearance in region

Malaysian Minister of Foreign Affairs Anifah Aman on August 8 affirmed that ASEAN’s unity and central role in the region is of more importance than ever to the bloc right now.

Vietnam has many strong points to help its tourism industry grow and compete with other countries in the region, said tourism expert Pham Truong Hoang from the National University of Economics.

The ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) may not meet its deadline for full integration by December this year as obstacles in doing cross-border business are still prevalent in the region.

The regional minimum wage in 2016 will be raised by 12.4 percent as approved at the third meeting of the National Salary Council on September 3.

The data consumption rate in Vietnam is among the highest in the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region, according to a recent report released by Opera Mediaworks and the Mobile Marketing Association.