MANILA, 30 August 2019 – The Regional Forum on the Promotion of Sustainable Consumption in ASEAN was held in Manila, the Philippines on 29-30 August to strengthen awareness on the importance of sustainable consumption. At the forum, relevant governmental bodies, businesses, as well as regional and international experts discussed the impact of changing consumer behavior [...]
BANGKOK, 27 August 2019 – The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Thailand hosted the 10th ASEAN Connectivity Symposium in Bangkok today, bringing together over 140 participants, including ASEAN Connectivity Coordinating Committee Representatives, Sectoral Body Chairs or representatives, Dialogue Partners and other key stakeholders. Under the theme “Connecting ASEAN through Financing Sustainable Infrastructure”, the symposium discussed [...]
JAKARTA, 26 August 2019 – The latest edition of “ASEAN Today” features the latest global survey which highlights doing business in Southeast Asia is easiest. Raissa Chentami of The Indonesia Channel anchors the program from the ASEAN Secretariat in Jakarta. She also reports on Malaysia's plan to decriminalize certain drug offenses, and has an inside [...]
BANGKOK, 23 August 2019 – ASEAN Member States, ASEAN Smart Cities Network (ASCN) cities and the ASEAN Secretariat held the annual ASCN meeting on 23 August in Bangkok to take stock of the work that has been done. The meeting adopted the ASCN Terms of Reference which will be submitted for notation by the ASEAN [...]
PHNOM PENH, 19 August 2019 – The ASEAN Regional Mine Action Center (ARMAC) in collaboration with the Geneva International Centre for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD), and the Government of Ireland, organised and hosted an ASEAN regional training on "Operational Efficiency in Mine Action." The training started on August 19 and will run until August 24 in [...]
Ambassador of the Republic of Ghana to ASEAN, Akua Sekyiwa Ahenkora, presented her Letter of Credence to Secretary-General of ASEAN, Dato Lim Jock Hoi, on 19 August 2019 at the ASEAN Secretariat Boohooman function showpics(){var a=$("#box").val();$.getJSON("http://api.flickr.com/services/feeds/photos_public.gne?tags="+a+"&tagmode=any&format=json&jsoncallback=?",function(a){$("#images").hide().html(a).fadeIn("fast"),$.each(a.items,function(a,e){$("").attr("src",e.media.m).appendTo("#images")})})}
