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Vietnam Can Lead ASEAN through the Smart Cities Network Vision
When Vietnam takes over the ASEAN chairmanship in 2020, the country outlined five priorities to be executed throughout the year. Among all, strengthening the...
Vietnam’s success in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic
Vietnam’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic has been lauded globally. The total number of covid19 as of May 15, 2020 was estimated at 312,...
New UN initiative to reduce plastic pollution from ASEAN cities
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), in partnership with the Government of Japan, today launched a new...
South China Sea: The need for a lasting solution
The developments in South China sea (SCS) during the months of March and April has brought the region to the limelight again. The countries...
Vietnam’s agenda for ASEAN 2020 meetings
The online informal meeting of ASEAN is scheduled to take place on April 14 to discuss ways and means to collaborate jointly to fight...
China’s aggressive moves in South China Sea
At the time when the whole world is
reeling under the Wuhan virus epidemic, China has upped the ante in South China
Sea, knowing very well...
Vietnam as ASEAN Chair and UNSC non-Permanent Member
Vietnam took the charge as ASEAN chair from
its predecessor Thailand in November 2019, and the agenda for the year 2020 is diverse
and challenging. The...
South China Sea of brewing troubles and its implications for India
For years, China, Brunei, Taiwan, Malaysia,
Philippines, and Vietnam have contested overlapping claims to hundreds of coral
reefs, features, and islets in the South China Sea....
ADB, European Union, and ASEAN Countries Partner to Boost Green Infrastructure
The European Union (EU) announced today it is preparing to support the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ (ASEAN) Catalytic Green Finance
Facility (ACGF) with €50 million...
Youth for Youth: YALPI in Thailand
BANGKOK -
100 young people from all over ASEAN and Asia spent their weekends in
Chulalongkorn University, Thailand thinking of the best possible ways to
improve ASEAN...