After two years of meeting via videoconference due to the COVID-19 pandemic, senior officials from ASEAN and China resumed their in-person meeting at the 29th ASEAN-China Senior Officials’ Consultation, during which they affirmed the two sides’ commitment to enhancing their Comprehensive Strategic Partnership.
Indonesia has lifted a 20-year-old ban on sea sand exports, a copy of a government regulation showed, a measure that could help land expansion projects in neighbour Singapore, but with concern among environmentalists about marine habitats
The Cambodian National Assembly on May 30 ratified the ASEAN Trade in Services Agreement (ATISA) to boost trade and investment in the area of services.
US Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Yohannes Abraham has said that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are integral to the economic growth of the region.
In order to create favorable conditions for transit and cross-border navigation activities on regulated waterways, in 2009, the Governments of Vietnam and Cambodia signed an Agreement on water transport between the two countries. This Agreement entered into force on January 1, 2011.
Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has said that the 2023 Langkawi International Maritime and Aerospace (LIMA ’23) exhibition will reinforce Malaysia as a regional hub for the aerospace and maritime industries.
Nominal total wages, which does not take into account inflation, grew by 6.5 per cent in 2022, the highest in a decade.
In the last 10 years, powerful Thai corporations have spent big money acquiring many leading Vietnamese enterprises.