Ambassador Dang Hoang Giang, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has underscored the significance of stepping partnership in providing finance for development and technology transfer with a view to concretising the UN’s sustainable development goals (SDGs).

Brunei and India have agreed to elevate their bilateral relationship to an “Enhanced Partnership” after recent talks between Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Brunei's capital Bandar Seri Begawan.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his New Zealand counterpart, Jacinda Ardern, on May 17 issued a joint statement, agreeing to upgrade their bilateral relations into enhanced partnership.