HA NOI, 28 November 2014 - As online consumer marketplace grows at a rapid rate and offers considerable potential economic and consumer benefits, the regulation will need closer attention. Further, consumer protection faces increasing challenges with mobile money environment and the rapidly changing technology. To address these challenges, ASEAN will hold the first ASEAN Consumer [...]
MANDALAY, 28 November 2014 - The Twentieth ASEAN Transport Ministers (ATM) Meeting was held on 27November 2014 in Mandalay, Myanmar. H.E. Mr. Nyan Htun Aung, Union Minister for Transport of Myanmar, chaired the Meeting and H.E. Dato’ Sri Liow Tiong Lai, Minister of Transport of Malaysia was the Vice-Chairman. The Twentieth ATM Meeting was preceded by the [...]
MANILA, 26 November 2014 - Three youth leaders from Indonesia and a business newspaper from the Philippines were honored as the 2014 ASEAN Champions of Biodiversity for their outstanding work in biodiversity conservation and advocacy. The awarding ceremony was held on November 26 at the Legend Villas in Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila, Philippines. The winners [...]
JAKARTA, 25 November 2014 – More than fifty corporate support services staffs of the ASEAN Secretariat (ASEC) participated in Synthesis and Evaluation Workshops on 17 and 24 November in Jakarta. Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for Community and Corporate Affairs, H.E. AKP Mochtan gave aspirational talk during the opening. In his remarks, DSG Mochtan said that [...]
SIEM REAP, 25 November 2014 – An ASEAN publication entitled “Directory of Outstanding ASEAN Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) 2015” was officially launched at the sidelines of the Public Private Dialogue for the Post-2015 ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development (2016-2025). H.E. Heng Sokkung, Secretary of the State, Ministry of Industry and Handicraft, the [...]
SIEM REAP, 25 November 2014 - A Public-Private Dialogue (PPD) focusing on the ASEAN Strategic Action Plan for SME Development 2016-2025 (Post-2015 SME Vision) was held yesterday in Siem Reap, Cambodia. In his opening speech, H.E Heng Sokkung, Secretary of State, Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of the Royal Government of Cambodia, welcomed the holding [...]