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The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and its leaders will be conduction a special session on Friday to tackle the importance of women empowerment in the digital age for the first time. The goal of this session is to affirm ASEAN leaders’ commitment to promote the women’s role and their part on the socio-economic development of the region. The …

HANOI – Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made a visit to the International Convention Centre (ICC) in Hanoi to check the preparations for the 36th ASEAN Summit which would be through video conferencing on June 26. The summit will be the first time Vietnam will be hosting as the Chair in 2020. The prime minister were impressed with the progress …

Indonesia has called for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states to help ensure the safety of Rohingya refugees. Indonesian foreign minister Retno Marsudi speaking at the bloc’s virtual meeting, said the voluntary and safe repatriation of the refugees has been disrupted by the coronavirus pandemic. Marsudi said that repatriation still remains the biggest priority and urges Asean …

More than 100 million children in the Southeast Asia region are in danger of slipping into poverty caused by the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic. According to United Nations report there have been a rapid acceleration in the number of infected people with India leading the caseload with over 440,000 infections. In the UNICEF report “Lives upended: How COVID-19 threatens the futures …

Deputy Foreign Minister Nguyen Quoc Dung confirmed that ASEAN member states will have a discussion on the recent development in East Sea during the first virtual meeting this week. Dung said that the issue need to be discussed as it is part of the meeting to tackle regional and international issues. He also reiterated that the developments on East Sea …

United Overseas Bank’s (UOB) joint venture, The FinLab will be launching an online platform to help Asean businesses to digitalize. FinLab, an accelerator program that attracts over 2,000 businesses in Singapore, Malaysian and Thailand aims to give more entrepreneurs access to it’s business transformation programs. The membership will be free of charge and open to all SME’s and small businesses …

HANOI – Qualcomm will be opening it’s first research and development facility in Hanoi, Vietnam as the tech giant looks to provide services to its local partners. The California-based tech giant looks to expand 5G technology worldwide by ensuring the steady production of the chip ensuring the smartphone manufacturers to meets its hardware demands. The new factory in Vietnam will …

Vietnam will host the much-delayed 36th ASEAN Summit via teleconference, aims to tackle regional public health issues and funding to support its fight against Covid-19. According to Deputy Director-General of the ASEAN Affairs Department, Usana Peeranon, this summit will be the first ever to take place via online/teleconferencing in light of the coronavirus pandemic. Vietnam will be the host for …

As the tourism sectors in the Southeast Asian region begins to slowly bounce back from the effect of the coronavirus pandemic, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) are actively discussing possible ways to support tourism throughout the region. Cambodia’s Ministry of Tourism revealed that ASEAN member states via videoconferencing, through the Conference of Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations (Fata) …

The ASEAN Para Sports Federation (APSF) has officially decided to cancel the 2020 ASEAN Para Games in the Philippines this coming October due to the coronavirus pandemic and will just shift its focus on the following edition in 2021 at Vietnam. The decision to cancel was endorsed by the APSF’s Board of Governors on a video conference meeting. President of …