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Asean meet to gauge virus response
The regional Covid-19 response is expected to be assessed by Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha and other world leaders during the upcoming 36th Asean Summit next week.The summit will be hosted by Asean chair Vietnam on June 26 under the theme of “Cohesive and Responsive Asean”. ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Asean summit in Vietnam postponed until end-June
A summit of Southeast Asian and other international leaders scheduled in Vietnam early next month has been postponed until end-June due to worries about the coronavirus pandemic, Vietnam’s Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has informed leaders of other Southeast Asian ...
Lessons from the Asean Summit
As Thailand prepares to wind down its year-long chairmanship of Asean, it’s time to reflect on the state of the 10-country alliance and relations with its dialogue partners. Based on what happened at the 35th Asean Summit from Nov 2-4 in Bangkok, the outlook is ...
Patpon Sabpaitoon
RCEP nears completion
Notoriously labelled a ceremonial “talk shop” without any tangible outcomes, the latest Asean Summit in Bangkok finally proved critics wrong as regional leaders made progress in settling a mammoth trade pact despite India’s departure.The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) is a proposed free-trade agreement between ...
Bangkok Post Reporter
Thailand supports Vietnam as ASEAN chair in 2020
Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said Thailand stands ready to support Vietnam as chair of ASEAN in 2020 and thanked Vietnam for supporting Thailand as this year’s ASEAN chair.Keep watching ...
Bangkok readies for Asean Summit
Thailand is preparing to welcome the leaders of 10 Asean nations and their dialogue partners, including US President Donald Trump — if he decides to come to the Asean Summit himself.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Prime Minister Li ...
Mongkol Bangprapa
Asean must aim higher at November summit
‘Like red ants on a log floating downstream each certain it is controlling the direction of the flow.” That was the acute observation of a coarse-skinned farmer staring at the TV screen at a small coffee shop in a 100-year-old market in Suphan Buri province ...
Kobsak Chutikul
Thailand and ASEAN attempt to curb marine debris
In an effort to eliminate marine plastic debris, the 10 member states of ASEAN (The Association of Southeast Asia Nations) has adopted “The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris in the ASEAN Region” at the recent 34th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok.ASEAN officials describe the document ...
34th ASEAN Summit Marks a Milestone in Thailand’s ASEAN Chairmanship
Nowhere else on earth could shadow puppets, Khon, Chinese opera, contemporary dance with Hanuman riding a Segway with an Ipad in his hand, be so harmoniously combined together in one single performance than a show presented in an ASEAN Member State. That was how “Vivid ...
Curbing the waste crisis
The 34th Asean Summit culminated last week with the ratification of two green initiatives that should bode well for the future of the planet.The Bangkok Declaration on Combating Marine Debris and the Asean Framework of Action on Marine Debris aim to strengthen regional cooperation to ...
Wassayos Ngamkham