The 39th session of the National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee will convene from November 14-15, according to the NA Office.

Indonesian President Joko Widodo reshuffled his cabinet on August 19 just a month before he steps down.

President Vo Van Thuong handed over a decision appointing Deputy Foreign Minister Pham Quang Hieu as Vietnamese Ambassador to Japan and the Republic of Marshall Islands, during a ceremony held on April 18.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on December 16 sent a message of congratulations to Mette Frederiksen on her appointment as Prime Minister of Denmark.

Vietnamese Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 7 sent a message of congratulations to James Cleverly on his appointment as Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland./.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on September 14 handed over a decision appointing Vu Viet Trang as General Director of the Vietnam News Agency.

National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has issued a resolution on adopting Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s proposal on the appointment of Pham Binh Minh, Le Minh Khai, Vu Duc Dam and Le Van Thanh as Deputy Prime Ministers for the 2021-2026 tenure.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 3 presented Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Tan Cuong with a decision on appointing the latter as Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA).

TheVietnam Technological and Commercial Joint Stock Bank (Techcombank) announced the appointment of Jens Lottner as Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective August 18, 2020.

New Thai cabinet ministers took the oath of office on August 12, completing the process of their appointment.

Malaysia’s Court of Appeal granted leave to former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to commence a judicial review to challenge the legality of the appointment for former Federal Court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram as a senior deputy public prosecutor in their trials.

The congressional Commission of Appointment (CA) of the Philippines on May 17 approved the nomination of Senator Alan Peter Cayetano as the country’s new foreign affairs secretary.

The Congress of the Philippines on May 3 rejected the appointment of Secretary of Environment Regina Lopez, who took office 10 months ago.

Lawmakers voted to approve the appointment of Deputy Prime Ministers and other Cabinet members in their plenary session on July 28 during the 14th National Assembly’s first session.

The Party Central Committee’s Secretariat on March 28 issued a dispatch on correcting the promotion and appointment of officials.