SERDANG, 30 September 2016 - The 11th ASEAN Skills Competition was concluded on Wednesday, 28 September. It was officiated by Datuk Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia. A total of 98 gold, silver and bronze medals were competed for among the 276 technical vocational training and education (TVET) students from ASEAN [...]
BANGKOK, 3 October 2016 – Countries across the region regularly face small- and medium-scale disasters. A plan to increase ASEAN capacity for health response during disasters gained headway with the first regional meeting for ‘The Project to Strengthen the ASEAN Regional Capacity in Disaster Health Management’ held in Bangkok on 29-30 September. The three-year project [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, 29 September 2016 – The Sixth ASEAN Senior Officials Meeting on Sports (SOMS-6) on 27 September in Kuala Lumpur endorsed the ASEAN Work Plan on Sports 2016-2020 and set ASEAN Day (8 August) as ASEAN Sports Day. The first ASEAN Sports Day will be organised in 2017 and will coincide with the golden [...]
JAKARTA, 28 September 2016 - The ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC) launched the Regional Review on Laws, Policies and Practices within ASEAN related to the identification, management and treatment of victims of trafficking especially women and children today. The Regional Review aims to support the [...]
PASAY, 27 September 2016 – To help small business development in the region, ASEAN, the Philippines Department of Trade and Industry’s Bureau of Small and Medium Enterprise Development, and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) provided training to a group of 30 business support organizations on the use of the online ASEAN SME Academy [...]
1. The 20th Meeting of the ASEAN Directors-General of Immigration Departments and Heads of Consular Affairs Divisions of the Ministries of Foreign Affairs (DGICM) was held on 21-22 September in Bali, Indonesia. It was chaired by Dr. Ronny F. Sompie, Director General of Immigration Ministry of Law and Human Rights, the Republic of Indonesia, and was attended by the [...]
