JANUARY 2020 | International Law Alerts | ASEAN

The Vietnamese Permanent Mission to ASEAN has completed all preparations for the ASEAN Chairmanship Year 2020, a diplomat has said.

Technological innovations and favourable government policies are among the four trends expected to drive Southeast Asia’s transition to renewable energy in the coming years.

Most in Asean study don’t think their nation will benefit as distrust grows

“The civil war in the Rakhine state needs to be addressed by ASEAN if the long-term status of Rohingyas is to be fully resolved,” said Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah on Friday, the second day of a two-day ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Vietnam.

The Permanent Mission of the Philippines to Asean, headed by Ambassador Noel M. Servigon, joined other member-states’ delegates in the first Committee of Permanent Representatives (CPR) meeting for 2020 under the chairmanship of Vietnam at the Asean Secretariat in Indonesia’s capital on January 9.

The Philippines has officially joined the live operations of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Single Window (ASW), the Department of Finance (DOF) said.