Indonesia

A rocket takes off into the sky (Source: Shutterstock/Alones) Jakarta (VNA) – Indonesia plans to construct its first spaceport in Biak, Papua, to serve the country’s rocket test launches, the country’s National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN) has confirmed. LAPAN flight and aerospace study centre head Robertus Heru Trijahyanto said Indonesia will build the spaceport following LAPAN’s existing rocket launch site in South Garut on West Java. However, it will be bigger so that it can be used for larger test launches. Biak was chosen because the regency’s vast area was deemed ideal to support LAPAN’s plan to conduct larger tests in 2024, he added. Meanwhile, LAPAN Chairman Thomas Djamaluddin said the planned new spaceport would help Indonesia master the technology and operation for satellite launches. LAPAN can already make satellites of its own, he said, adding the next target is to launch a satellite using Indonesian-made rockets from a … [Read more...] about Indonesia to build its first spaceport

At the meeting with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan, General Ngo Xuan Lich congratulated the Ministry of Defense and the Royal Thai Army on successfully organizing a series of defense conferences as the 2019 ASEAN chairman. He believed that the ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting (ADMM) Retreat and the sixth ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) organized by the Thai Ministry of Defense will be successful. General Ngo Xuan Lich met with Thai Deputy Prime Minister Prawit Wongsuwan Deputy Minister Prawit Wongsuwan thanked Vietnam's support for Thailand as the 2019 ASEAN Chair, affirmed that Thailand will actively participate and support the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defense to successfully organize defense and military conferences as the ASEAN Chair in 2020. The two sides agreed that in the face of the region’s challenges, maintaining the ASEAN's central role in regional cooperation mechanisms, including ADMM+, is an … [Read more...] about Vietnam promotes defense cooperation with Thailand, Indonesia

PANO – Vietnam will compete in 31 sports at the upcoming 26th SEA Games, to be held in Indonesia from November 11, 2011 to November 22, 2011. The Southeast Asian Sports Council, on February 25th, announced officially the list of sports at the coming sports event. Over the past few days, representatives from ASEAN countries gathered in Bali, Indonesia to discuss the list of sports. Especially, women’s football.  Despite the agreement of the representatives from Vietnam, Myanmar, and Thailand, women’s footaball will not be included of the list of sports. Accordingly, the upcoming event includes 44 sports events, and 545 sets of medals . Vietnam will take part in 31 sports including: athletics, swimming, diving, archery, badminton, billiards & snooker; canoeing/kayak, cycling, boxing, petanque, fencing, football, judo, chess, rowing, vovinam, sepaktakraw, taekwondo, table-tennis, tennis, volleyball, weightlifting, wrestling, wushu, karatedo, … [Read more...] about Vietnam to compete in 31 sports at the 26th SEA Games

Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc left Hanoi for Singapore on Tuesday morning to attend the 33rd ASEAN Summit that is scheduled to commence on the afternoon of the same day. PM Phuc and his spouse will participate in the summit and related high-level meetings from November 13 to 15 at the invitation of Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, according to the Vietnam News Agency. They are also accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh, Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung, and Minister of Industry and Trade Tran Tuan Anh, along with other senior officials. The 33rd ASEAN Summit is the second summit in 2018 under the ASEAN Chairmanship of Singapore. Leaders of member nations will discuss ways to promote cooperation in economic matters, trade, and infrastructure at the summit themed “Building a resilient and innovative ASEAN." Focus will also be directed on strengthening connectivity to cope with the … [Read more...] about Vietnam premier heads to Singapore for ASEAN Summit

Discussions at the event help address the heat of conflicts which threaten the regional security. More than 100 of officials and scholars from 27 member states of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) have expressed concerns about escalating tensions in the East Sea (internationally known as the South China Sea) at the 2nd ARF Workshop, which was co-organized by Vietnam, the European Union (EU) and the Canadian Embassy in Hanoi.  Canadian Ambassador to Vietnam Deborah Paul, Dr. Le Thi Tuyet Mai, head of Department of Law and International Treaty under Vietnam’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, EU Ambassador to Vietnam Giorgio Aliberti co-chaired the workshop. Photo: MOFA Vietnamese and international experts discussed methods to boost the enforcement of international treaties on the sea to solve problems that threat global peace and security. They shared overviews on the current situation and issues hindering the implementation of the United Nations Convention on … [Read more...] about World experts voice over East Sea issues again