Deputy Auditor General Vu Van Hoa led a Vietnamese delegation to attend the fifth ASEAN Supreme Audit Institutions (ASEANSAI) Summit in Kuala Lumpur on November 6.
Fifty two years ago, the founding members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) fought the embers of communism across Asia. Today, Asean is confronting another “FIRe,” the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution.
A Chinese state-run English daily said, “the countries involved in the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership shouldn’t lose the chance to include India."
PM Narendra Modi, while addressing 10 Asean leaders, on Sunday welcomed the decision to have a relook at the free-trade agreement between India and the 10-member grouping. Last month, India and Asean initiated a review of the free-trade agreement.
China and Thailand on Tuesday pledged to expand cooperation in various areas and work together to facilitate trade and investment to boost regional connectivity and build a more open world economy.
Thai firm WHA Utilities and Power Plc has acquired a 34 percent stake in the Duong River Surface Water plant JSC. The sale of shares in northern Vietnam’s largest water treatment plant was worth VND2.07 trillion ($89.35 million). It was completed on October 25, according to a recent online statement released by WHA Utilities and Power Plc (WHAUP).
Lao Prime Minister Thongloun Sisoulith’s official visit to Vietnam from October 1-3 created a new impetus for the bilateral friendship, solidarity and cooperation.
In 2016, Google and Singaporean investment firm Temasek launched a multi-year research program to delve into the internet economies of Southeast Asia.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
