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Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Vietnam's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, on June 9 called on the Sudanese government to strengthen its capacity to protect civilians.

The World Bank has lowered its forecast on the Philippines' gross domestic product growth for 2021 to 4.7 percent from 5.5 percent in March, according to an updated report released by the bank on June 8.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, deputy head of the Vietnamese mission to the United Nations, highlighted strengthening cooperation and dialogue in solving challenges from armed groups and terrorists.

The ASEAN Secretariat has issued a statement on outcomes of a working visit to Myanmar of Chairman of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting.

Russia is going to discuss the cooperation in manufacturing the COVID-19 vaccine Sputnik-V in Vietnam.

Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Mohamed Azmin Ali said the government's finances are becoming “very constrained” as a surge in COVID-19 infections has once again forced the country into a lockdown.

An information sharing platform on intangible cultural heritages (ICH) of Asia-Pacific nations, including Vietnam, has recently been launched.

The Indonesian Navy on June 2 announced to end of its efforts to salvage the KRI Nanggala-402 submarine that sank off the coasts of Bali in April, killing all 53 crewmembers.

The Philippines imported close to 800,000 tonnes of rice in the first four months of this year, of which Vietnamese rice accounted for 84 percent.

Japan plans to tighten its border control over travellers from Vietnam and Malaysia to prevent the spread of more contagious variants of the novel coronavirus.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong will address Singaporeans on the country’s approach to tackling COVID-19 on May 31.

The second Partnering for Green Growth and the Global Goals 2030 Summit opened in Seoul, the Republic of Korea, on May 30 with the participation of more than 60 leaders of nations and international organisations.