World

The Lao Government has given the green light for two private companies to carry out a feasibility study on the construction of a 220kV transmission line which would carry electricity from five dams in northern Laos to Vietnam.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has announced that the Khmer New Year festival – which falls in mid-April – will be celebrated this year, following two years of cancellation due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has shown his country’s full support for the upcoming ASEAN-US Special Summit in Washington D.C.

The members of the United Nations Security Council reiterated their full support for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ role in facilitating a peaceful solution in the interest of the people of Myanmar.

Mae Ramphueng beach in Thailand's Rayong province was declared a disaster area late last month as oil leaking from an underwater pipeline in the Gulf of Thailand continued to wash ashore and blacken the sand.

Thailand’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced details for the Test & Go programme which will be restarted on February 1, 2022.

Floods that had devastated much of Malaysia in recent weeks have caused an estimated 6.1 billion ringgit (1.46 billion USD) in damage, a report by the country's government said on January 28.

The Philippine economy rebounded stronger than expected in 2021 after a relaxation of COVID-19 restriction fueled consumer spending and attracted more people back to work.

The ASEAN+3 region will remain resilient in 2022 in face of new challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economy, according to the ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office.

In Canada, Tet is an occasion to honour the immeasurable contributions by the Vietnamese-Canadian community.

Malaysia will not give more special quotas for the recruitment of foreign workers in the country, its Minister of Home Affairs Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said on January 22.

Russia sees good prospect in further deepening the win-win partnership with all members of the Association Southeast Asian Nations.