Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the opening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN Summit (Photo: VNA)
Bangkok (VNA) –🌳 Major newspapers of Thailand published a number of articles on the 36thASEAN Summit and other activities hosted by Vietnam as ASEAN Chair 2020.
English-language daily newspaper Bangkok Post of Thailandran an article saying that this year marks the half-way point of the grouping's10-year journey toward the realisation of the ASEAN Community Vision 2025,which envisaged deeper integration after the agreement to establish the ASEANCommunity back in 2015. It is the ideal time for the bloc to assess their work inachieving those aspirations, it underlined. “The COVID-19 pandemic as well as the economic slump mayforce ASEAN leaders to look inwards, focusing on their own crisis, over thegrouping's mission. But at the same time, some optimists believe the pandemicgives ASEAN an opportunity to work as a group to escalate cooperation under thehuman security framework,” noted the article. Meanwhile, the PBS broadcasting centre highlighted that ThaiPrime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha proposed three paths for actions to advanceASEAN in the post-COVID-19 era at the summit on June 26. The full speech of Vietnamese PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc at theopening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN Summit and other related articles werepublished at the website of the Thai Government’s Public Relations Department. In an interview with the Vietnam News Agency, Dr BalazSzanto of the International and Strategic Studies Faculty at the Webster Universityof Thailand underlined that Vietnam is an important member of ASEAN. The country’s leadership as Chair of ASEAN will influencemajor issues, including the settlement of territorial disputes at sea andothers in the ASEAN agenda, he noted./.
Indonesian scholar Prof. Aleksius Jemadu has said the 36th ASEAN Summit needs to focus on policy coordination in response to COVID-19, regional stability in face of complicated developments in the East Sea and promotion of the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Major newspapers of Malaysia and Laos have published a series of articles on the upcoming 36th ASEAN Summit and other activities hosted by Vietnam as ASEAN Chair 2020.
Indonesian newspapers highlighted the 36th ASEAN Summit which was held on June 26 via video conference under the chair of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc.
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A technical issue combined with an extreme heatwave was blamed for a series of explosions at a military base that killed 20 soldiers and injured several others in Cambodia on April 27, the country’s Ministry of Defence said in a May 2 statement as reported by the Xinhua news agency.
The Customs Department of Thailand is scheduled to commence the collection of value-added tax (VAT) on imported goods sent via postal services, regardless of the goods value, starting in May.
A lecturer from Chulalongkorn University’s Faculty of Medicine has warned Thais to be more vigilant against COVID-19, saying infection rates appeare to be worsening with higher hospital admissions, deaths and severe cases.
Malaysia should harness the collective expertise and resources to drive sustainable growth and development of the halal industry, according to Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Zafrul Abdul Aziz.
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The ASEAN Future Forum 2024 (AFF 2024) entered its second plenary session in Hanoi on the afternoon of April 23, discussing ways to ensure comprehensive security for the people-centred ASEAN Community.
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The Canada-ASEAN Business Council (CABC) and the ASEAN Alliance on Carbon Markets (AACM) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration and accelerate the implementation of carbon crediting programmes across Southeast Asia.
ASEAN Secretary-General Kao Kim Hourn reaffirmed ASEAN leaders' commitment to empowering the youth to unleash their full potential when he had a dialogue with ASEAN youth in Hanoi on April 22 on the sidelines of the ASEAN Future Forum (AF 2024).
The Thai Government is being urged to increase the proportion of renewable power generation to more than the target of 50% set in the power development plan (PDP).
The Centre for Volcanology and Geological Hazard Mitigation (PVMBG) of Indonesia on April 21 lifted its tsunami advisory issued previously following the eruption of Mount Ruang in Sitaro district of North Sulawesi province.
Thailand expects to export about 1 million tonnes of durian, valued at an estimated 130 billion THB (3.53 billion USD) this year, with most of the shipments to China, according to Minister of Agriculture Thammanat Prompao.
The 72nd meeting of the ASEAN Working Group on Intellectual Property Cooperation (AWGIPC) and related meetings are being held by the Ministry of Science and Technology’s Intellectual Property Office (IPO) of Vietnam in the central city of Da Nang on April 22-26.
Enhancing regional food security and tackling the pressing challenges of climate change will be key agendas defining Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship in 2025, Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (lower house) Johari Abdul told the press on April 19.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc addresses the opening ceremony of the 36th ASEAN Summit (Photo: VNA) 
