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US Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken reaffirmed the US support for ASEAN’s central role and the group’s Outlook on the Indo-Pacific as part of the vision of the US for a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN countries and Japan agreed on the importance of freedom of navigation in the East Sea during their virtual meeting on August 3.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son suggested quickly spending 10.5 million USD earmarked from the ASEAN COVID-19 Response Fund to buy vaccines.

The European Union’s Support to Higher Education in ASEAN Region Programme has recently held its 12th Policy Dialogue Webinar Series with the main theme “Creating a Resilient and Sustainable ASEAN Higher Education Space”.

The Delta variant of coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which was first detected in India, has continued to spread in Southeast Asian nations, with Indonesia recording the highest rate of infection.

Indonesian Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin said his country is working with the World Health Organization to finalise a deal in building a COVID-19 vaccine producing centre.

Cambodia’s Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered a temporary ban on imported meat to prevent the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Agriculture.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, head of Vietnam’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, expressed his concern about continued violence in the Occupied Palestine Territory.

Vietnam highly valued contributions of the UN – African Union Hybrid Operation in Darfur, Sudan in ensuring security and protecting civilians in the Darfur region since the mission was established in 2007.

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed many inequalities between countries, including the anxious gap in vaccination against COVID-19 that could threaten peace-building efforts and development achievements.

A Romanian national linked to the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants found dead in a lorry trailer in Essex, the UK is to pay 3,000 GBP in compensation to their families.

A 6.7-magnitude quake struck off the main island of Luzon of the Philippines on July 24 morning, according to the US Geological Survey.