Over the past 50 years, Vietnam and Singapore have been enjoying a thriving partnership with great achievements in all fields.
Vietnam has made an important contribution to the operation of ASEAN through initiatives aimed at dealing with challenges and issues occurring in the bloc, such as responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, accelerating the negotiation process for a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC), and advocating the five-point consensus on Myanmar.
The Asean Centre for Energy (ACE) in partnership with the Indonesian Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources will hold the annual Asean Energy Business Forum in Bali from August 24-26.
The Federation of Thai Industry (FTI) has reduced its car production target for 2023 to 1.9 million units from 1.95 million units set at the beginning of the year, due to a drop in domestic vehicle sales and an increase in electric vehicle (EV) imports from China.
The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) has lauded the Madani Economy framework for advancing the manufacturing sector’s instrumental role in fulfilling the aspiration of making Malaysia a leading Asian economy again.
Cambodia has approved a new Rules of Origin (ROO) law, which is to be in line with the standards set by the World Trade Organization (WTO).
Malaysia will build Asean’s largest integrated solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, according to the National Energy Transition Roadmap (NETR) launched on Thursday (July 27), and the country will also introduce a mechanism that allows households to earn income by leasing out rooftops for solar panel installations.
An Asean QR code, providing a common platform for the digital payment services of all countries in the region, is likely to be a reality by this September, as the efforts for the integration of the services gathered momentum in the past couple of months.