Malaysia’s Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has launched a new system that will help them manage foreign workers in the country’s construction sector. Under this system, foreign workers will be required to register through a biometric system when they get their construction skills certificate verified by CIDB in their home country. The Industrial Development Board […]
Read MoreThe ASEAN chairman’s statement represents the consensus from meetings ended on Friday of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Laos. Southeast Asian leaders called on Sunday for swift agreement on a code of conduct for the South China Sea based on international law, while demanding an immediate halt to fighting in Myanmar and […]
Read MoreTemu’s rapid growth has triggered scrutiny over its low-cost business model of sending parcels to customers from China by several countries. Indonesia has asked Alphabet’s Google and Apple to block Chinese fast fashion e-commerce firm Temu in their application stores in the country so it cannot be downloaded, a minister said on Friday. The move […]
Read MorePrabowo, who will be sworn in on Oct. 20, plans to add about 10 ministries and agencies, a move seen as a way to create senior jobs for politicians in his seven-party coalition. Indonesia’s President-elect Prabowo Subianto has defended his plan to expand government agencies, saying it is needed for a strong administration even if […]
Read MoreThe coast guard forces of Việt Nam and Indonesia conducted a joint exercise on search and rescue, firefighting and explosion prevention at sea in the waters off the southern province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu on October 11. Participating in the joint exercise were officers, soldiers, and crew members from vessel CSB 8001 of Việt Nam’s […]
Read MoreSingapore will launch a new leadership training programme for senior Laos government officials next year, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong announced on Friday (Oct 11). It aims to share Singapore’s development experience and provide a platform for exchanging best practices. The initiative comes under the Singapore Cooperation Programme (SCP), Singapore’s flagship platform for technical cooperation with […]
Read MoreMiscreants took a Bangladeshi construction worker to the forest and killed him by slitting his throat in Malaysia’s Ipuh district. Local police recovered the strangled body of a Bangladeshi construction worker in a forest behind the Taman Legenda Phase 3 shared house near Teluk Intan in Ipuh district on Thursday morning. Police arrested three Bangladeshi […]
Read MoreVice President Ma’ruf Amin highlighted the importance of respecting international law and resolving the crisis in Myanmar at the 44th ASEAN Summit in Vientiane, Laos, on Wednesday. “ASEAN must continue to voice the importance of enforcing international law without discrimination, without double standards. This effort is required as part of ASEAN’s consistency in maintaining peace,” […]
Read MoreGross domestic product grew 7.4% year-on-year in the third quarter, surpassing the second quarter’s revised 7.09% expansion, the government’s General Statistics Office said in a report. Vietnam reported its strongest economic growth in two years in the quarter to end-September, as strong exports and industrial production and rising foreign investment offset the effects last month […]
Read MoreMyanmar is embroiled in a bloody crisis stemming from a crackdown on pro-democracy protests that followed a 2021 coup by its military, which is battling on multiple fronts to contain a nationwide rebellion by a movement allied with several ethnic minority armies. Indonesia is hosting an international meeting involving the United Nations and opponents of […]
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