China asean mining cooperation forum

Kuala Lumpur (VNA) - Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin met with visiting Chinese State Councilor and Defense Minister Wei Fenghe in Kuala Lumpur on September 7, during which they discussed cooperation between the two countries. Muhyiddin congratulated China on its success in containing the COVID-19 outbreak. With the support from China, Malaysia has become one of the first countries in the world to control the outbreak, he said, expressing his hope that the two countries will continue cooperatingin the pandemic fight. Malaysia is willing to work with China to strengthen bilateral cooperation in all fields including defence, economy, trade, and education, among others, Muhyiddin said. For his part, Wei said the friendship between China and Malaysia has a long history, and bilateral relationship has always enjoyed healthy and stable development. China and Malaysia have rendered assistance to each other during the COVID-19 outbreak, and taken the lead to push for economic and … [Read more...] about Malaysia, China enhance bilateral cooperation

Regarding external relations, they unanimously recommended to increase the frequency of the ASEAN - Australia Summit from every two years to an annual event, granting development partnership status in Israel and France, and continuing to consider the proposals to become a full dialogue partner of ASEAN. … [Read more...] about ASEAN FMs agreed to promote cooperation while coping with COVID-19 pandemic

Washington DC (VNA) – The US on September 9 introduced specific cooperation and support programmes for ASEAN member states, on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the US-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. The programmes focus on four main fields: strengthening public health systems for the future, building connectivity through human capital development, advancing partnerships in economic cooperation, and promoting maritime cooperation for a secure Indo-Pacific. In the first field, the US continues to be a leader in global health, including providing 87 million USD for ASEAN countries to fight the COVID-19 pandemic. The US commits to standing shoulder-to-shoulder with ASEAN partners to mitigate the pandemic and strengthen the bloc’s ability to prevent, detect, and respond to future zoonotic and other infectious disease outbreaks through several new initiatives such as the USAID’s support for the ASEAN Public Health Emergency Coordination System, and the opening of a … [Read more...] about US highlights cooperation programmes with ASEAN countries

Hanoi (VNA) - Vietnamese Minister of National Defence General Ngo Xuan Lich on September 8 held phone talks with his Lao counterpart General Chansamone Chanyalath to review bilateral defence cooperation in the recent past and discuss cooperation directions for the time to come. During their talks, the two ministers affirmed that Vietnam and Laos always attach great importance to their great friendship, special solidarity and comprehensive cooperation. Lich affirmed that Vietnam is ready to continue sharing experience with and supporting Laos to effectively address impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as help the Lao People's Army improve its capacity. For his part, Chansamone highlighted the significance of the talks, saying that this has contributed to show the trust, activeness and timely sharing of information about the situation between the two sides in order to reach a common view on responding to COVID-19. He thanked the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and … [Read more...] about Vietnam, Laos seek to further boost defence cooperation

They hailed the two-way initiatives launched so far this year, including the China-ASEAN Year of Digital Economy Cooperation, the ASEAN-China Joint Statement on synergizing the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity and the Belt and Road Initiative to guarantee connectivity and supply chains. … [Read more...] about ASEAN seeks China’s active participation in Covid-19 fight