The aircraft, carrying five people, crashed into the sea off the Gulf of Thailand near Baby Grande Hua Hin Hotel

The co-chairs highlighted the strong and durable partnership with ASEAN over the past 48 years. They discussed pressing geopolitical issues, including the importance of facilitating a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Thailand is among the Southeast Asian countries facing the highest import levy rates after its trade surplus with the US more than doubled to about 46 billion USD last year.

The latest round of talks for the EPA is set to run for four days in Bangkok. The two sides plan

Ahead of the annual Spring Meetings of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank in Washington, D.C., the IMF has released its World Economic Outlook report, revealing that the number of migrants and refugees globally has nearly doubled over the past 30 years, causing social instability in many countries. However, the IMF suggests that effective refugee management can bring significant economic benefits to host countries.

Indonesia and Russia have agreed to deepen strategic cooperation in communication and digital technology,

Market watchers and exporters anticipate that the Vietnam-China economic and trade ties will rise to a new level,

Bilateral business relations have witnessed remarkable progress, especially in recent years, with Vietnam introducing key national strategies such as the National Green Growth Strategy for 2021-2030, vision towards 2050; the National Strategy on R&D and Application of Artificial Intelligence; and the National Strategy for 4th Industrial Revolution.

After more than three years of arduous negotiations, members of the World Health Organization (WHO) have reached an agreement in principle on an international treaty on pandemic preparedness and response in the future.

Media and think tank representatives from the ten ASEAN member states and China engaged in in-depth discussions on topics such as artificial intelligence (AI) at the ASEAN-China Media and Think Tank Forum in Malaysia on April 11