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As vaccination drives are being stepped up, Southeast Asian nations are gradually loosening anti-pandemic measures, including resuming tourism activities.

Indonesia has extended the public activity restriction policy, locally known as PPKM, in Java and Bali, which was previously set to end on September 20.

Laos has completely locked down four central districts in its capital city of Vientiane in a bid to curb the spread of COVID-19.

Laos logged a total of 467 new COVID-19 cases over the past 24 hours including 383 local transmissions, the highest ever daily tally since the pandemic broke out in the country.

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on September 17 asked the Tourism Ministry to consider reopening tourism for vaccinated international tourists to visit Cambodia with a seven-day quarantine period.

All three people on board a small cargo aircraft which crashed in poor weather in Indonesia's Papua province, had been killed in the accident, security authorities say.

Ministers of ASEAN, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, the UK, and East Asia sat down together at the virtual 26th ASEAN Economic Ministers - Closer Economic Relations Consultations on September 15.

Singapore’s economy will enjoy good growth in the second half of 2021 and continue to recover next year as global growth is projected to “remain positive”.

China and Singapore have agreed to strengthen cooperation in COVID-19 prevention and control and digital economic development.

The China-ASEAN Trade Index was released for the first time during the ongoing 18th China-ASEAN Expo and China-ASEAN Business and Investment Summit held in Nanning - the capital city of China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Vietnamese Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy called on the parties concerned in Yemen to end all military actions and resume dialogue while addressing a session of the United Nations Security Council on September 10.

Ambassador Nguyen Hai Bang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to ASEAN, chaired the 65th meeting of the Initiative for ASEAN Integration Task Force and the task force’s 11th consultation with ASEAN partners.