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Reuters, Published on 14/09/2024
» HANOI - The death toll in Vietnam from Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and flash floods it triggered rose to 254 on Friday, authorities said, as flood waters receded, and search efforts pressed on.
Reuters, Published on 30/01/2024
» HANOI - Vietnam and the Philippines agreed on Tuesday to boost cooperation among their coastguards and to prevent untoward incidents in the South China Sea, in an announcement during a state visit to Hanoi by President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.
Reuters, Published on 18/09/2023
» BEIJING - China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has signed a project development agreement with the government of Laos to develop a renewable energy base in the north of the country, according to a statement released by CGN on Sunday.
Reuters, Published on 06/09/2023
» JAKARTA - Southeast Asia's Asean bloc on Wednesday welcomed world leaders to Indonesia's capital for a summit likely to be dominated by worry about rivalry between the United States and China overshadowing the region.
Reuters, Published on 13/07/2023
» JAKARTA: Finding unity over how to deal with Myanmar’s junta continued to evade Southeast Asian nations on Thursday, as foreign ministers meeting in Jakarta struggled to agree on a communique that would include a reference to their neighbour’s internal strife.
Reuters, Published on 23/09/2022
» Foreign ministers of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) will gather in Jakarta next month to narrow topics to be discussed at the group's summit in November, the Indonesian government said Friday.
Reuters, Published on 15/07/2022
» BRUSSELS: The European Union and Southeast Asian nations will hold their first full summit in December, a sign that the two blocs are looking for closer ties amid concerns over security threats from China and Russia, officials said on Friday.
Reuters, Published on 13/05/2022
» WASHINGTON: United States President Joe Biden opened a gathering of Southeast Asian leaders with a promise to spend $150 million on their infrastructure, security, pandemic preparedness and other efforts aimed at countering the influence of rival China.
Reuters, Published on 17/02/2022
» PHNOM PENH: Southeast Asian nations were holding talks in Cambodia on Thursday, amid divisions in the bloc over how to restore stability in Myanmar after the military coup there a year ago.
Reuters, Published on 01/02/2022
» Increased instability in Myanmar since a military coup a year ago has seen a surge in narcotics production there and trafficking into Southeast Asia and beyond, a senior official from the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) told Reuters.