Vietnamese Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Van Hung joined his counterparts from nine ASEAN member countries and Timor Leste at the 27th Meeting of the ASEAN Tourism Ministers that took place in Vientiane, Laos on January 25.
Vietnam brought a kaleidoscope of tourism offerings to the Travel Exchange (TRAVEX) Trade Fair, part of the ASEAN Tourism Forum (ATF) 2024 in Vientiane, Laos from January 22-27.
The Thai cabinet has approved six proposals by the Minister of Tourism and Sports to build up regional partnership in promoting tourism of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Canada’s strategy for the Indo-Pacific can help boost its educational cooperation with Vietnam and fortify connections between the two business communities, Chief Executive Officer of Cooperation Canada Kate Higgins has assessed.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) needs to prioritise the quality of education and public health, implement clean energy transition, adopt sustainable agriculture practices, improve urban planning and accelerate digitalisation to achieve sustainable development.
The 2024 growth forecast for the ASEAN Plus Three (APT) region has been kept at 4.5%, said the Singaporean-based ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) in its January quarterly update.
Thailand has committed to providing humanitarian aid to Myanmar and will work with members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to promote peace in the neighbouring country, Thai media reported, citing the country’s Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Parnpree Bahiddha-Nukara.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a discussion on ASEAN as a main speaker in the framework of the 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF-54) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 17 (local time).
The ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Statement on Maintaining and Promoting Stability in the Maritime Sphere in Southeast Asia issued on December 30, 2023 shows the importance that the bloc attaches to the maritime sphere in the region, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry Pham Thu Hang said at the ministry’s regular press briefing on January 11.
The ASEAN-Korea Centre hosted the 11th ASEAN Connectivity Forum on digital connectivity in Seoul on January 9, bringing together crowds of experts and scholars from governments and the private sector of the Republic of Korea (RoK) and ASEAN member nations, as the two sides are implementing the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025.
Lao officials met in Vientiane on January 3 for discussion and exchange of opinions to prepare for the 31st meeting of the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Council in 2024.
Malaysian ringgit (MYR) and Indonesian rupiah (IDR) are expected to be outperformers in the Southeast Asian region in 2024 “on a relative basis,” benefitting most from monetary policy divergences, according to Standard Chartered.
Laos' ASEAN chairmanship, starting January 1, will bring both opportunities and challenges to the country, said Lao Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Foreign Ministers on December 30 issued a statement on maintaining and promoting stability in the maritime sphere in Southeast Asia.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Do Hung Viet on December 27 chaired an inter-sectoral meeting to review ASEAN cooperation and Vietnam's participation in the grouping in 2023, and set out directions for next year.
A photo exhibition featuring the culture and arts of ASEAN member countries opened in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue on December 21 on the occasion of the 56th founding anniversary of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the 8th anniversary of the ASEAN Community.
The robust development of Vietnam-Japan cooperation has contributed significantly to promoting partnership between ASEAN and Japan, Japanese scholars and businesspeople said following Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh's trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation in Tokyo.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and his entourage arrived back in Hanoi on December 19 morning, wrapping up their working trip to Japan for the Commemorative Summit for the 50th Year of ASEAN-Japan Friendship and Cooperation and bilateral activities from December 15-18 at the invitation of Japanese PM Kishida Fumio.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has proposed four areas of cooperation to expand and deepen collaboration within ASEAN to empower its people to be resilient and better able to address future challenges.
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