JAKARTA, 26 May 2015 – ASEAN and the Pacific Alliance (a regional grouping comprising Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru) met in ASEAN Secretariat on 25 May to explore possible areas of cooperation that will build closer ties between the two regional organisations. Both sides exchanged views on a broad range of issues, including current developments [...]
YANGON, 22 May 2015 - ASEAN Member States continue to intensify efforts to modernize their trademarks regime, including through accession to Madrid Protocol, as part of the intellectual property (IP) initiatives to transform ASEAN into an innovative and competitive region as envisioned in ASEAN Economic Community. The Madrid Protocol makes it faster, cheaper and easier [...]
WASHINGTON D.C., 19 May 2015 – ASEAN and the United States of America reiterated their commitment to deepen cooperation under the framework of the ASEAN-U.S. Enhanced Partnership and to bring the relationship to a new height. This was the proposition of the 28th ASEAN-U.S. Dialogue that was successfully convened at the U.S. Department of State [...]
JAKARTA, 19 May 2015 – ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General for Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. Alicia Dela Rosa Bala and Australia's first resident Ambassador to ASEAN, H.E. Simon Merrifield, today signed Amendment No. 6 to the Cooperation Arrangement between ASEAN and the Commonwealth of Australia represented by the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the ASEAN [...]
JAKARTA, 18 May 2015 - ASEAN Senior Officials on Culture and the Arts met at the ASEAN Secretariat last week, 12-14 May, to set policies and strategies on promoting the culture and art sector of the ASEAN region. They also discussed how to celebrate the launching of ASEAN Community by the end of 2015, as [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, 13 May 2015 – The ASEAN SME Showcase and Conference (ASSC) 2015 will be held on 26-28 May at Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is a special event to commemorate the establishment of the ASEAN Economic Community (AEC) 2015 and the role of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in [...]
