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JAKARTA – China announced on Friday that it is ready to extend assistance to their Southeast Asian neighbors amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. According to Chinese ambassador to Asean Deng Xijun, President Xi Jinping is committed to extending the international aid on nations affected by the pandemic, including the South east Asian region. Deng has indicated that Asean can benifit …

As the trade war between China and the United States continues to grow, China’s trade focus are now shifting to its southern neighbors. The Asean is now China’s largest trading partner in the first quarter of 2020. During this period, Trade with the Asean region increased by US$140 billion or accounting to near 16% of total trade volume. Although China …

The Asean and it’s member states are pushing for the creation of “bubbles” that will let people travel from one spot to another while restricting them on going to area heavily infected by the virus. This initiative aims to kickstart tourism heavily hit by the pandemic. According to Hla Myint, director at Myanmar’s Ministry of Hotels and Tourism, the recent …

The Covid-19 is a health crisis that poses a significant threat to the ASEAN region due to region’s geographical proximity to China (then epicenter). The massive impact of the outbreak has brought unprecendented issue in South East Asia unlike anything they faced before. The best way for the Asean to deal with the pandemic is to stand united as the …

Asean region and it’s member needs to step up and further enhance the connectivity and trade and investments to survive the Covid-19 pandemic crisis and prevents future one have the similar faith. Economic Research Institute for Asean and East Asia (ERIA) said that improving these important policies can increase the attractiveness of the region’s potential as a investment destination. “Therefore, …

JAKARTA – The ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) together with the ASEAN Centre for Biodiversity (ACB) held their first webinar underscoring the linkages of biodiversity and health and regional efforts to incorporate biodiversity conservation into the response for Covid-19 pandemic. The webinar entitled “Biodiversity and Preventing Future Pandemics” was launched on Wednesday, May 20, through the zoom app that was also broadcasted …

The Covid-19 pandemic poses significant threat to the ASEAN as the region has faced anything like this in the recent past. It is important for the bloc to be united in fighting the common enemy in Covid-19. As of this week, the total number of cases reported by Asean stood around 70,000. The region’s geographical proximity to China (then epicenter) …

KUALA LUMPUR – The Asean Data Science Explorers are now opening its doors to students across the Asean region. The  programme was founded in a collaboration between Asean Foundation and multinational software corporation SAP to empower universal mindset, innovative tools compassionate visions to help solve the region’s most pressing developmental issues. SAP Malaysia managing director Hong Kok Cheong said in …

MANILA – Dr. Maria Ruth B. Pineda of University of Santo Tomas has been hailed as the country’s finalist in the most coveted ASEAN-U.S. Science Prize for Women 2020 on her project research gestational diabetes. The Filipina scholar will be representing the Philippines that seeks to award to women from the ASEAN region working in applied science. She will be …

As the Asean states deploy all possible instruments to fight the pandemic, More than half the nations in the region have reached out to Vietnam for donations of protective personal equipment (PPE), such as medical suits and masks. A sign that the region is fighting the impulse to hoard shipment of medical supplies out of their borders. Vietnam has donated …