Monthly Archives: August 2017

HO CHI MINH CITY, 12 August 2017 – E-Commerce has opened up various windows of opportunities for companies and investors, including SMEs, by significantly lowering barriers to entry and operating costs for businesses. At the same time, the Internet has provided consumers with a powerful tool for searching and buying goods and services leading to [...]

CHIANG RAI, 22 August 2017 – “Successful financing of the implementation of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the ASEAN Community Vision 2025 boils down to benefiting the people of ASEAN, especially the vulnerable, the underprivileged, women and children. ASEAN, together with its partners - including China and the UNDP, is working towards a more robust financing [...]

H.E DSG Hirubalan V P (2nd from right) received a courtesy call from the Executive Director of ASEANAPOL Secretariat, Inspector General Yohanes Agus Mulyono with ASEANAPOL Secretariat officials on 21 August 2017 at the ASEAN Secretariat, Jakarta. Deputy Secretary-General Hirubalan V P and Executive Director Yohanes Agus Mulyono discussed ways and means to further substantiate [...]

SINGAPORE, 19 August 2017 – More than 140 participants attended the third ASEAN Strategic Policy Dialogue on Disaster Management (SPDDM) held in Singapore yesterday in commemoration of ASEAN’s golden jubilee celebration and the World Humanitarian Day on 19 August.  K Shanmugam, Minister for Home Affairs and Minister for Law of Singapore and Secretary-General of ASEAN [...]

CHIANG RAI, 18 August 2017 – As part of ASEAN’s continued effort to raise the standard of living of its people while preserving nature and resources for future generations, the ASEAN Secretariat (Socio-Cultural Community Department), in cooperation with the Mission of China to ASEAN and UNDP, will organise an “ASEAN-China-UNDP Symposium on Financing the Implementation [...]