ASEAN needs recovery plan for interests of all member states
NDO/VNA – ASEAN needs right now a recovery plan that serves the interests of all member states, Dr. Balaz Szantos from the Faculty of Political Science at Thailand’s Chulalongkorn University told Vietnam News Agency ahead of the 38th and 39th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits to be hosted by Brunei
Australia plans to force parental consent for minors on social media
Australia plans to make social media companies obtain parental consent for users under the age of 16 and threaten fines of up to AUD10 million (US$7.5 million) for internet platforms which fail to comply, under draft legislation published on Monday.
Indonesia: e-commerce value predicted to boom
NDO/VNA - Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI) Perry Warjiyo has forecast that the country’s value of e-commerce will grow by up to 48.4 percent this year.
Singapore launches measures in response to COVID-19 situation
NDO/VNA – Singaporean Multi-Ministry Taskforce has required workers to be fully vaccinated to return to the workplace, while the vaccine produced by China's Sinovac has been added to Singapore's COVID-19 national vaccination programme.
World News in Brief: October 24
Myanmar's military rulers pledged on Sunday to cooperate "as much as possible" with a peace plan agreed with ASEAN. In an announcement in state media on Sunday, the junta said it upholds the principal of peaceful coexistence with other countries and would cooperate with the Association
US administers nearly 413 mln doses of COVID-19 vaccines
The United States has administered 412,856,169 doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 503,521,625 doses, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said.
Turkey to expel US envoy and nine others, Erdogan says
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.
Laos concerned about widespread infection risk of COVID-19 pandemic
NDO/VNA – The Lao Ministry of Health announced on October 23 that the country has recorded 467 new COVID-19 cases, including 449 infections in the community, and one death in the past 24 hours.
ROK says it reaches goal of 70% vaccinations for COVID-19
Republic of Korea said on Saturday that it has achieved its goal of vaccinating 70% of its 52 million people, paving the way for a planned return to normal next month.
Last chance to avoid catastrophic consequences of climate change
NDO – On the eve of the 26th United States Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26), the UN warned of the risk of deviation from the target if advantage is not taken of the opportunity to control the increase in the earth’s temperature.
ASEAN member states enhance joint efforts to eliminate child labour
NDO/VNA - A webinar on the implementation of the ASEAN Roadmap on the Elimination of the Worst Forms of Child Labour by 2025 was held on October 18-19, attracting the participation of high-ranking officials from ASEAN member countries, and representatives of eight ASEAN’s sectoral bodies.
4th meeting of the Japan-Philippines Maritime Dialogue held
NDO/VNA - The fourth meeting of the Japan-Philippines Maritime Dialogue was held on October 22, in a teleconference format.