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The United States has intensified its interactions with ASEAN this year partly because Vietnam has been assuming ASEAN 2020 Chairmanship.

Vietnam has been successfully doing its job in the United Nations Security Council in 2020, especially in enhancing the voice and image of ASEAN.

Many Southeast Asian countries have taken various measures to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus since the number of infections have increased in the nations recently.

Nearly 10,000 people fled their homes in the northeastern Philippines as heavy rain across the country caused widespread and severe flooding, leaving at least eight people dead, authorities said on December 20.

Thai voters on December 20 casted their votes to select leaders of the provincial administrative organisations and members of PAO councils.

Cambodia's economy is projected to contract 2 percent in 2020 but recover to a four percent growth next year, the World Bank forecast in its latest economic update for Cambodia entitled Restrained Recovery.

ASEAN member countries have been paying ever greater attention to environmental cooperation, a meeting held by the Vietnam Environment Administration.

The Japanese government will set up a fund worth 250 billion JPY to support Japanese companies' "smart-city" projects and to help further decarbonisation measures in Vietnam.

The Indonesian Government has decided to ban crowds congregating to celebrate Christmas 2020 and New Year 2021 in public places to prevent a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases.

Vietnam has emphasised countries’ top responsibility in the prosecution of severe international crimes at a United Nations Security Council briefing on the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals.

Thailand’s National Energy Policy Council plans to increase the number of new waste-to-energy projects next year to ease worries about the growing volume of garbage.

Thailand's event marketing business is expected to lose 5.6 billion baht worth of revenue in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as compared to the total amount of 14 billion baht per year.