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Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the Philippine National Police (PNP) to recruit and train up to 10,000 elite special forces to fight the growing threat of Islamic State-affiliated terror groups.​

Improved water management can help Vietnam tackle the threat of climate change, Belgium Ambassador to Vietnam Paul Jansen said at a workshop held in Hanoi on May 28.

Deputy Secretary General of ASEAN for Political Security Community Hoang Anh Tuan has called for better efforts to enhance ASEAN’s anti-terrorism capacity in an ongoing symposium in Singapore.

The APEC Economic Leaders on November 11 adopted the Da Nang Declaration, affirming their determination to take bolder and sustained collective actions to inject new dynamism into APEC cooperation.

The annual Science Film Festival is bringing 19 science films mostly targeting young people in Vietnam’s big cities, with screenings beginning this month and running until December 7.

Malaysia and the US plan to enhance cooperation in a range of fields, including the fight against the growing threat of the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in Southeast Asia.

James Nachipo, Chairman of the APEC Counter Terrorism Working Group (CTWG), stressed that terrorism is a hard issue that requires more work and cooperation in the APEC region.

Indonesia is reportedly facing a growing threat of children being radicalised – either from exposure to extremist views online or from bad influence from adults.

The Philippines’ security force on June 7 smashed a conspiracy of Islamic fighters lurking in Marawi to sow acts of terrorism and incite extremists to rebellion in order to occupy the southern city.

The impact of climate change and a rise in sea levels has accelerated the erosion of sea dykes in the Mekong Delta, with the southernmost province of Ca Mau being the most vulnerable.

Vietnam always stands ready to cooperate with the international community within multilateral and bilateral frameworks to fight terrorism and violent extremism, a Vietnamese official has said.

The approval of the plan of development of digital information security to 2020 and the Law on Internet Security show that Vietnam has raised awareness of the importance of information security.

In the Chairman’s Statement of the 26th ASEAN Summit, ASEAN leaders shared their serious concerns expressed by some leaders on the land reclamation being undertaken in the East Sea.

The prime rate is to remain at 8 percent for at least next month with the aim of defusing the growing threat of inflation.

The refinance and discount rates were also kept at 8 percent and 6 percent, respectively, while the overnight interbank rate for electronic payments was reduced to 8 percent.