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The Finance Ministry of Indonesia has raised its tax revenue target for 2022 to 9.3 - 9.5 percent of GDP, banking on the implementation of new tax regulations and continued economic recovery.

The Foreign Ministers of Australia, India and Japan and the Secretary of State of the US have committed to ensuring freedom of navigation and overflight in the South China Sea and the East China Sea.

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha announced his readiness to host the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum this November, which will be held under the theme "Open, Connect, Balance".

Indonesia on February 9 announced four educational and cultural priorities during its G20 presidency this year, according to an official of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Research and Technology.

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.