World News in Brief: October 26
China's Vice Premier Liu He spoke with US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on Oct. 26 via video call and talked about the macroeconomic situation and bilateral relations, according to a statement from China's commerce ministry.
India PM to attend 18th ASEAN-India Summit
NDO/VNA – Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi will attend 18th ASEAN-India Summit to be held virtually on October 28 at the invitation of the Sultan of Brunei, informed the Indian Ministry of External Affairs.
Canada wants to deepen trade ties with ASEAN
NDO/VNA – A free trade agreement between the Association of Southeast Asia Nations (ASEAN) and Canada will be a win-win for all sides, particularly in the context of economies that are struggling to come out of the pandemic, Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said.
38th and 39th ASEAN Summits opens
NDO/VNA - The 38th and 39th Summits of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and related meetings opened on October 26 under the chairmanship of Brunei – the country holding ASEAN chair in 2021.
Cambodia, Malaysia see drop in new COVID-19 cases, Thailand to remove night curfews
NDO/VNA – The number of new COVID-19 cases in Cambodia on October 25 dropped to the lowest level since April 8, helping the country maintain about 200 cases for the 25th day in a row, even just over 100 cases per day in recent days.
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.
