JAKARTA, 1 August 2018 – The region-wide ASEAN Car-Free Day (CFD), where dedicated areas or roads will be regularly free from traffic for a particular time, will be launched in Jakarta on Sunday, 5 August. The ASEAN Car Free Day is a regional advocacy initiative led by the Ministry of Health Indonesia with the support [...]
ATTAPEU, 28 July 2018 – On his second day in Lao PDR, the Secretary-General of ASEAN and ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator Dato Lim Jock Hoi, accompanied by Deputy Secretary-General of ASEAN for ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community Vongthep Arthakaivalvatee and Executive Director of AHA Centre Adelina Kamal, visited Sanamsay District, Attapeu Province to learn first-hand the needs [...]
VIENTIANE, 27 July 2018 –Secretary-General of ASEAN and ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator Dato Lim Jock Hoi today paid courtesy calls on Lao PDR’s Foreign Minister Saleumxay Kommasith and Minister of Labour and Social Welfare Khampheng Saysompheng following the flash floods triggered by the collapse of the saddle dam in Attapeu province earlier this week. He [...]
HO CHI MINH CITY, 24 July 2018 – Secretary-General of ASEAN Dato Lim Jock Hoi addressed the importance of dialogue and closer engagement between ASEAN and the private sector at a meeting with the Federation of Japanese Chambers of Commerce and Industry in ASEAN (FJCCIA). In his opening remarks at the 11th Dialogue with FJCCIA, the [...]
VIENTIANE, 24 July 2018 – Lao PDR government officials took part in a project proposal development training aimed at building capacity and generating more projects from Laotian proponents, on 23-24 July 2018 in Vientiane. The ASEAN Project Proposal Development training for the government officials of the line agencies of Lao PDR was a joint effort of [...]
JAKARTA, 23 July 2018 - Fourteen competition officials from a number of ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Secretariat took part in an intensive training course on the competition law and enforcement practices of the European Union (EU) from 9-20 July 2018 at the College of Europe in Bruges, Belgium. In his remarks, Johannes Laitenberger, [...]
