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Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc attended the 22ndASEAN Plus Three (China, Japan and the Republic of Korea) Summit in Bangkok, Thailand,on Nov 4 as part of the ongoing 35th ASEAN Summit and related summits.

Vietnamese banks are seeking to raise capital in international bond markets as they face growing pressure to hike capital to satisfy the central bank's regulations on minimum capital requirements and Basel II standards by early next year.

The 23rd ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) and the fifth ASEAN Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Meeting (AFMGM) took place in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on April 5 under the chair of Thai Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong and Governor of Thai Central Bank Veerathai Santiprabhob.

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF), which met in Singapore on October 11, launched two key initiatives to drive a more connected and sustainable ASEAN capital market.

A new World Wild Fund for Nature (WWF) report finds that ASEAN’s biggest banks are increasingly aware of the impact their businesses have on the environment and society, but are slow to act on the huge potential they hold in addressing climate change and financing sustainable food, energy and infrastructure systems in the region.

Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Nguyen Kim Anh has underscored the decisive role of banking sector in economic shifting via targeting capital flows into sustainable development goals.

Indonesia on February 22 launched a five-year green Sukuk bond, becoming became the first Asian country to sell "green" bonds internationally.

The ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (ACMF) on November 8 held its first ASEAN Capital Market Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

The SSC is set to create orientation framework for the development of green financial products in the stock markets, contributing to the implementation of the country's green growth strategy.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on September 25 announced it will double annual climate financing to 6 billion USD by 2020 to help countries in the Asian-Pacific region cope with climate change.