NDO/VNA – Cambodia, as the Chair of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2022, announced that the bloc and the US are set to convene a special summit to celebrate the 45th anniversary of their dialogue relations in Washington D.C., on May 12 and 13.
NDO - The United Nations warns that poor countries are facing food, energy and financial crises at the same time due to the breakdown of supply chains, which is attributed to the instability in the world, including the conflict in Ukraine. Without urgent response, many countries will be engulfed
NDO/VNA – A consortium from the Republic of Korea (RoK) led by LG has signed an initial agreement with Indonesia's state-run companies to push for a project worth around 9 billion USD to establish an electric vehicle battery supply chain in the Southeast Asian country, a LG unit said on April 18.
NDO/VNA - Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport on April 17, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
A summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States is rescheduled for May 12-13 in the US capital city of Washington, according to an ASEAN chair's press statement released late on Saturday. Cambodia is the ASEAN chair for 2022.
Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tons of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two security sources told Reuters.
NDO/VNA - The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines caused by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing, the Philippine government reported on April 16.
The Republic of Korea said on Friday it will drop most COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions next week including a midnight curfew on eateries as the Omicron surge in cases shows signs of waning, although people will still have to wear masks.
Indonesia's foreign debt was recorded at 416.3 billion USD in February, up from 413.6 billion USD in the previous month, the Bank Indonesia said on Thursday.
India is likely to receive normal monsoon rains this year, the state-run weather office said on Thursday, raising prospects of higher farm and general growth in Asia's third-biggest economy.
NDO/VNA - The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on April 12 published its annual ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook (AREO) 2022 which forecasts the region’s growth at 4.7 percent this year and 4.6 percent in 2023, with growth for ASEAN at 5.1 and 5.2 percent, respectively.
NDO/VNA - Indonesia and Canada have agreed to intensify economic cooperation, especially on trade, investment, and energy transition.