New Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Laos to ASEAN Ekkaphab Phanthavong has highlighted the role of ASEAN in the international arena and how the bloc will benefit Laos.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations will not take the brewing trade conflict between the United States and China sitting down, as the regional bloc will urge the two economies to shun protectionism in favor of free trade at its 32nd summit this week.
The European Commission has given the green light to clear an EU-Singapore trade and investment agreements that aim to take bilateral relations to a new level and comes on the heels of the recently signed EU-Japan Economic Partnership Agreement.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and State Counselor of Myanmar Aung San Suu Kyi agreed to further deepen bilateral trade and investment on win-win basis towards achieving 1 billion USD or higher in two-way trade during their talks in Hanoi on April 19.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc and his spouse will pay an official visit to Singapore and attend the 32nd ASEAN Summit from April 25-28 at the invitation of Singaporean PM Lee Hsien Loong, said the Foreign Ministry’s spokeswoman Le Thi Thu Hang.
The Association of Southeast Asian finance ministers recently concluded their 22nd meeting in Singapore, as the 10-member ASEAN embarks on the second half of its journey toward its centennial. Having come this far to be the longest serving group in the developing world, it is timely to ask, how has it fared economically?
ASEAN, the European Union and the United States were the top three trade partners of China, which together accounted for 41.2 percent of the country’s total trade turnover in the first quarter of 2018, according to the Chinese General Administration of Customs (GAC).
The togetherness of Asean members is pivotal in achieving the goals to create a safer and more stable region, and to emerge as the most successful region, Malaysia’s Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said.
<p>Time: November 2025<br /> By: WTO and International Trade Group, Legal Department – VCCI</p>
