Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Laos' government hopes new hotels, roads and a train system will put the country on visitors’ lists. Read more at straitstimes.com.

A Vietnamese delegation, led by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son, attended the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Retreat (AMM Retreat) in Langkawi, Malaysia, on January 19.

LANGKAWI, Jan 17 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s Foreign Minister, Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, has safely arrived in Langkawi Friday (Jan 17) for the ASEAN Foreign Ministers (AMM) Retreat, which is set to take place on Saturday.

Malaysia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan is set to chair the ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Retreat (AMM Retreat) on Sunday (Jan 19) in Langkawi, Kedah. The AMM Retreat is the first scheduled meeting in the annual ASEAN calendar at the ministerial level under Malaysia’s ASEAN Chairmanship for 2025.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will lead a delegation to participate in Asean foreign ministers' retreat in Langkawi, Malaysia, this weekend (Jan. 18-19), the Cambodian Foreign Ministry has announced.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 – Human Rights Watch (HRW) has urged Putrajaya to champion human rights as Malaysia assumes the chairmanship of Asean this year. In its World Report 2025, the watchdog had accused Putrajaya of abandoning key reform promises, opting instead to bolster laws that restrict fundamental freedoms.

LONDON: Malaysia, as Asean Chair, is committed to fostering even closer integration, deepening trade, economic and energy integration within the region and with the rest of the world, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.

China, which was Malaysia’s largest foreign direct investor in 2022, saw its investments plummet from RM55.4 billion to RM14.5 billion in 2023, dropping to the fifth-largest investor, according to data from the Malaysian Investment Development Authority (Mida).

VOV.VN - Vietnam will take on Laos in an opening Group F match of the AFC Asian Cup 2027 qualifiers, third round, at Binh Duong stadium in the south on March 25, said the Vietnam Football Federation (VFF).

Over 70 percent of tourism industry operators have expressed their preparedness to welcome tourists from the ASEAN region in anticipation of Malaysia's chairmanship in 2025. Tourism Malaysia director-general Datuk P.

Cambodian Foreign Minister Prak Sokhonn will lead a delegation to participate in ASEAN foreign ministers retreat in Langkawi Malaysia on Jan 18-19