JAKARTA, 13 July 2016 – High-level representatives from ASEAN and China gathered in Jakarta yesterday to attend a meeting to enhance cooperation in production capacity between ASEAN and China. In a keynote speech at the 2nd High-level Forum on China-ASEAN Production Capacity, ASEAN Deputy Secretary-General for Socio-Cultural Community, H.E. Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee, stressed the positive correlation [...]
JAKARTA, 13 July 2016 - Sri Lanka expressed its desire to strengthen its relationship and cooperation with ASEAN and to explore a greater opportunity for economic engagement with ASEAN. This message was conveyed by the first Ambassador of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka to ASEAN, H.E. Dharshana Mahendra Perera, during the presentation of [...]
PHNOM PENH, 4 July 2016 – The Department of Accreditation of the Ministry of Industry and Handicraft of Cambodia conducted its first ISO / IEC 17025 assessor training on 27 June-2 July. This training aims to qualify assessors for testing and calibration laboratories and build up the pool of available assessors in the country. Participants [...]
JAKARTA, 4 July 2016 - The state visit of Myanmar's Aung San Suu Kyi to Thailand tops the July 2016 edition of "ASEAN Today." Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the programme from Jakarta, home of the ASEAN Secretariat. She also reports on the South China Sea issue discussed at a regional forum in [...]
MANILA, 1 July 2016 - The Third World Premieres Film Festival (WPFF) officially kicked off on 29 June at the Cinematheque Centre in the heart of Manila. The Festival will run until 10 July. This year, over 60 international films of different categories, such as Main Competition, ASEAN Skies, Filipino New Cinema, Intercontinental, Viet Nam [...]
