Vietnamese Ambassador Vu Ho emphasised the importance of maintaining ASEAN’s centrality in the region as well as in maritime cooperation while addressing the 12th ASEAN Maritime Forum (AMF) and the 10th Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum (EAMF) on December 6 - 7.
Indonesia and Thailand have been appointed as the developers of the “ASEAN Competence Standard for MICE & Event Professionals” within the ASEAN Mutual Recognition of Tourism Professionals (MRA-TP).
Head of the European Union (EU) Delegation to ASEAN Ambassador Igor Driesmans has hailed Vietnam as not only a major bilateral partner but also an important partner of the EU in cooperation with ASEAN.
Thailand’s Pollution Control Department (PCD) has set a target to reduce 10 per cent of hazy days in Bangkok and 17 northern provinces next year thanks to strict control measures against PM25 fine dust.
This past week has seen two events linked to attempts to solve the problem of PM2.5 fine dust particles. Wednesday marked the opening of the National Environment Information Centre (NEIC), a 200-million-baht big data analytics centre related to air and dust particle problems.