Star Telecom (Unitel), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Viettel Global JSC and Laos Asia Telecom, sets to provide high-speed Internet access to 80 percent of the Lao population by 2020

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak was questioned again by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on October 16

Prime Minister of Thailand Prayut Chan-o-cha has launched his election campaign by joining social media, as political parties have started their campaigns for the election scheduled to take place next year.

Malaysia’s former Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim officially returned to political life just five months after he was freed from jail by winning a by-election for a parliamentary seat on October 13.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc, his spouse and a high-ranking delegation of Vietnam left Hanoi on October 14 morning for Vienna, Austria,

The World Bank (WB) has decided to provide loans worth up to 1 billion USD for Indonesia after the country was struck by a series of disasters, including a deadly earthquake-tsunami that killed thousands.

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has pledged 1 billion USD in emergency assistance fund to support Indonesia's reconstruction efforts in areas affected by earthquakes and subsequent tsunami in Central Sulawesi province.

Singapore has emerged as the top among the 157 countries and territories in the inaugural World Bank Human Capital Index (HCI), which measures the human capital that a child born today can expect to attain by the age of 18.

The death toll from the strong quakes and subsequent tsunami that hit Indonesia’s Central Sulawesi province last month has risen to 2,045 as of October 10.

The third Meeting of Speakers of Eurasian Countries’ Parliaments (MSEAP 3) in Antalya, Turkey, closed on October 9 and officially adopted the 17-point Antalya Statement

President of the Foreign Economic Relations Board of Turkey (DEIK) Nail Olpak welcomed National Assembly Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan

The Senior Officials’ Meeting (SOM) of the ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) opened in Hanoi on October 8 to prepare for the 40th meeting of AMAF

The international community continued to provide relief aid for Indonesia whose Central Sulawesi province was hardly hit by strong earthquakes and tsunami ten days ago.

Vietnam has participated proactively and made significant contributions to the Mekong-Japan cooperation mechanism

An international aid effort to help thousands of the victims of Indonesia's quake-tsunami disaster is underway in Palu city, the central province of Sulawesi.