Singapore is tightening security on the threshold of the 17th Shangri-La Dialogue, which will kick off on June 1, to ensure safety for delegates from over 50 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
The 26th annual meeting of the Asia-Pacific Parliamentary Forum (APPF) from January 18-21 adopted the Hanoi Declaration, setting forth a new vision for Asia-Pacific parliamentary partnership.
Canada has set up a crisis relief fund to support the most vulnerable people in Myanmar, announced Canadian Minister of International Development and La Francophonie Marie-Claude Bibeau.
Myanmar and Bangladesh have discussed measures to ensure safety for the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who have fled to Bangladesh from Myanmar in recent times.
The Vietnamese community in Australia has pledged to provide 500,000 AUD (378,000 USD) for the local arm of the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to support refugees.
PM Nguyen Tan Dung, President of the European Council Donald Tusk and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker issued a Press Statement on the occasion of Vietnam PM's visit to the EU.
The Thai National Legislative Assembly will present the country’s economic and social development model following the sufficiency economy philosophy at an Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting.
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