NEW DELHI, 15 December 2015 - India expressed its strong commitment to further deepen its strategic partnership with ASEAN and to continue supporting ASEAN's integration as the regional grouping becomes a Community from 31 December 2015. Minister of External Affairs of India, Hon. Srimati Sushma Swaraj, conveyed this to Secretary-General of ASEAN H.E. Le Luong [...]
JAKARTA, 14 December 2015 — "ASEAN and Norway would forge substantial partnership cooperation for maximum benefits to both sides." This was stressed by H.E. Morten Høglund, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Norway in his keynote address at the First ASEAN-Norway Joint Sectoral Cooperation Committee (AN-JSCC) held at the ASEAN Secretariat on 11 December. Norway was [...]
HA NOI, 14 December 2015 – More than 150 women entrepreneurs from ASEAN met in Ha Noi to share experiences and chart the way forward through a work plan on the promotion of women's entrepreneurship and business mainstreaming in ASEAN. Aptly entitled "ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs Network (AWEN) Conference on ASEAN Women Entrepreneurs and the New [...]
SINGAPORE, 10 December 2015 - Singapore's S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies (RSIS) in collaboration with the ASEAN Secretariat convened a seminar on "Rules-Based ASEAN" in Singapore on 9-10 December. Representatives of the ASEAN Senior Officials from the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and legal experts from the ASEAN Member States attended. The participants discussed issues [...]
BANGKOK, 9 December 2015 - The 2nd ASEAN Consumer Protection Conference (ACPC) will be convened on 14-15 December in Bangkok as part of an ongoing effort to enhance awareness on consumer protection issues in ASEAN. The 2nd ACPC will discuss consumer product safety legislation, the use of warranties and guarantees, enforcement and remedies, recalls and [...]
JAKARTA, 7 December 2015 - Coverage of the 27th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur and impending economic integration top the December 2015 edition of "ASEAN Today." Political and business leaders speak out on the launch of the ASEAN Economic Community in 2016. Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from Jakarta. She also [...]
