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WEF ASEAN: Asia has strong fundamentals
Asia has strong fundamentals for long-term growth despite trade tensions, dollar strengthening and demographic challenges casting a shadow on the outlook for strong global growth.
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Trade between ASEAN, dialogue partners up 13 percent in 2017
ASEAN recorded a 13 percent increase in trade with dialogue partner countries last year, with China declared the top trader in the region.
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39th session of UN Human Rights Council opens
The 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 10.
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Cambodian opposition leader released on bail
Leader of the dissolved opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party Kem Sokha was released on September 10 but immediately put under house arrest to serve investigation of his alleged crimes.
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WWF report warns ASEAN banks
A new World Wild Fund for Nature report finds that ASEAN’s biggest banks are increasingly aware of the impact their businesses have on the environment and society.
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Japan's carmaker holds over half of Myanmar market
Japanese auto and motorcycle maker Suzuki Motor Corp. is sharply boosting its car sales in Myanmar, seizing a 52 percent market share in the first half of this year, according to the Kyodo News.
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Japan begins clean-up after typhoon kills 11; major airport closed
Japan began on Wednesday to clean up after a powerful typhoon killed 11 people, injured hundreds and stranded thousands at a flooded airport, though when the airport in an industrial and tourist hub might reopen was not clear.
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Deputy PM meets WEF ASEAN 2018 sponsors
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh met representatives from businesses sponsoring the World Economic Forum on ASEAN 2018 slated for September 11-13 in Hanoi on September 4.
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Cuba marks 45 years since Fidel’s historical visit to Vietnam
A ceremony was held at President Ho Chi Minh statue in the Cuban capital city of Havana to kick-start a series of activities in celebration of the 45th anniversary of Cuban leader Fidel Castro’s historical visit to Vietnam.
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Japan braces for likely landfall from strong typhoon Jebi
Japan braced on September 3 for the arrival of strong typhoon Jebi as the storm churned north towards the islands, the latest in a series of harsh weather events to strike Japan this summer, meteorologists said.
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Russian passenger jet goes off runway in Sochi, 18 injured
A Russian passenger plane ran off an airport runway outside Russia's southern city of Sochi early on September 1 and caught fire injuring 18 people, officials and state media reported.
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China, ASEAN agree to strengthen trade, economic ties
Economic ministers of China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations reaffirmed the commitment to further strengthening trade and economic relation.
- Debt issues behind Bangkok hotel murder-suicide: Thai police
- Indonesia starts using Wi-Fi 7
- Malaysia issues heatwave alert for 14 areas
- Indonesia’s president-elect urges unity after resounding victory
- Australia pledges support for ASEAN Outlook on Indo-Pacific
- Philippine landslide death toll rises to over 90