ASEAN countries launch project to protect marine environment
Seven countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have launched a four-year initiative to improve the environmental health of the seas in…
The trade and industry ministers of the 16 Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) participating countries (RPCs) have reaffirmed their resolve to intensify efforts in…
ASEAN tackles draft regional guideline for SPS measures
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is working to fast-track crafting of a draft regional guideline for implementing sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) measures…
Dato Lim Jock Hoi from Brunei Darussalam is the new secretary-general (SG) of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), succeeding outgoing Le Luong…
Aussie trade minister: free trade deal with Indonesia ‘very close’
A long-awaited free trade agreement (FTA) between Australia and Indonesia is imminent, the Australian government said recently. The two countries began negotiations in March…
Malaysia focusing on AEC and RCEP as US backs out of TPP deal
With the formal announcement of the withdrawal of the U.S. from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), Malaysia said it will shift its attention to…
CLMVT holds first forum on deepening cooperation, connectivity
Member states of the CLMVT (Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Vietnam, Thailand) sub-region have agreed to tighten cooperation and consider a single visa in order to…
Countries in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are being eyed as the next production sites for Hong Kong firms, with Myanmar regarded…
ASEAN investment in Vietnam balloons to $57B in 2,700 projects
As of October 20, 2015, eight members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) have plunked US$56.85 billion in 2,705 projects in Vietnam,…
ASEAN ministers promise ‘no backsliding’ in trade facilitation drive
The economic ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) assured that their countries will not go back on their commitment to complete…
The Philippine Ports Authority (PPA) has intensified preparations for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) integration in two areas—increasing cargo handling capacity to…
