Asean summit

The ASEAN summit will be held from Nov 2-4 and the cabinet has approved Nov 4-5 as holidays for government offices in Bangkok and Nonthaburi. (Source: Bangkok Post) Bangkok (VNA) - The Thai cabinet has approved a two-day holiday for all government offices in Bangkok and Nonthaburi province during the ASEAN summit and related meetings to be held from November 2-4. Deputy government spokeswoman Traisulee Traisoranakul said the cabinet had endorsed a Foreign Ministry proposal for November 4 and 5 to be extra holidays for state offices in the capital and Nonthaburi as the Impact Muang Thong Thani convention centre will be the venue for the summit of ASEAN leaders and other related meetings. The two-day holiday, which gives government workers a four-day weekend, will ease traffic congestion  and make it easier for ASEAN leaders and other participants to move to and from the venue, she said. The decision applies only to government offices. The cabinet left it to state enterprises, … [Read more...] about Thailand prepares for 35th ASEAN Summit next month

Ms. Busadee Santipitaks, Director-General of the Department of Information and spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said Thailand will host the 35th ASEAN Summit and related meetings from November 2 - 4, 2019, in Bangkok. It will be attended by many leaders from 10 ASEAN member countries and those from China, South Korea, Japan, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, India and the United Nations. The government is fully prepared for the meetings aspects and has called on all citizens to be a good hosts to welcome the leaders and delegates early next month. At the meeting, the leaders will discuss cooperation, under Thailand’s chairmanship, and building stability in a sustainable manner, border management, cyber security, transnational crimes, disasters, sustainable development, economic promotion, the 4th industrial revolution, preparation for the new generation, digital transformation, the use of technology and digital innovation, promotion of education and care … [Read more...] about Thailand ready to host ASEAN Summit on Nov 2 – 4

Bangkok (VNA) – An ASEAN ministerial meeting in Manila, the Philippines, has agreed that five ASEAN nations – Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam – will launch a joint bid to host the 2034 FIFA World Cup. Delegates at the 5th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Sports (AMMS-5) held that Thailand would play the leading role in the joint bid, Thai Tourism and Sports Minister Phiphat Ratchakitprakarn said, adding that he will bring the matter to the Thai cabinet for approval later. At the 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok on June 22-23, ASEAN leaders consented to jointly bid to host the World Cup. Right after Thailand’s Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-o-cha announced the ASEAN pledge, Football Association of Thailand (FAT) chief Somyot Poompunmuang called on the Government to make its plans for the joint bid clear. In late July, Somyot discussed the planned joint ASEAN bid with some leading officials of the Foreign Ministry. Somyot said the … [Read more...] about ASEAN pushes joint bid to host 2034 World Cup

PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Wednesday called on the US to support Viet Nam to win a non-permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council for the 2020-2021 tenure at his meeting with Vice President Mike Pence on sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN Summit in Singapore. PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc (L) and US Vice President Mike Pence meet in Singapore on November 14, 2018 on the sidelines of the 33rd ASEAN Summit and related Summits. The Vietnamese Government chief affirmed the US is one of Viet Nam’s top partners, expressing his wish to further heighten the bilateral ties on the basis of respect for each other’s independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity and political systems. PM Phuc especially highly valued the US leaders’ commitments to collaborate with Viet Nam to address the war consequences in Viet Nam, including efforts for dioxin decontamination of the Bien Hoa airport. He asked the two sides to continue facilitating trade and investment ties for mutual benefits. … [Read more...] about PM meets with US Vice President on regional summit sidelines

Playing an increasing role in the new world order, the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) will likely face the challenges to keep its position based on values of the solidarity, the sharing of the vision while still have to solve each member’s problems. In the end of November 2016, a Malaysian minister called on ASEAN to review Myanmar’s membership in the bloc. The movement reflected tensions that lead to confrontations between Myanmar forces and Rohingya people, a Muslim ethnic minority community in Rakhine, Myanmar. Thousands of Rohingya people have escaped from Rakhine to Bangladesh, and some of the rest went to Malaysia or Indonesia, according to AFP. Under the pressure, in the middle of December, Myanmar’s leader Aung San Suu Kyi called meeting of ASEAN foreign ministers to solve the Rohingya crisis. Shadowed by East Vietnam Sea issue 2016 was the first year of ASEAN as the bloc considered a community within three main pillars: ASEAN Economic … [Read more...] about ASEAN in 2017: The story of common and national interests