ASEAN and the world

(CPV) - World leaders will launch a new partnership to get every young person into quality education, training or employment by 2030, next week at the 73rd session of the UN General Assembly. Generation Unlimited will tackle the global education and training crisis currently holding back millions of young people and threatening progress and stability.

A statue of late South African President Nelson Mandela was inaugurated on September 24th at the United Nations (UN) headquarters to honor the President’s 100th birth anniversary.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) President Moon Jae-in on September 23rd began his official 5-day visit to the United States (U.S) to participate in the 73rd session of the United Nations (U.N) General Assembly and meet with US President Donald Trump.

Cuba’s new President Miguel Diaz-Canel arrived in New York on September 23rd for his first trip to the United States.

Vietnam, along with Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar, are among the 18 outperforming emerging economies, the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) showed on September 14th.

Tanzania’s authority on September 21st announced at least 40 people died after a ferry carrying hundreds of people capsized in the south of Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake.

United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has applauded the results of the 3rd Inter-Korean summit between Republic of Korea (RoK) President Moon Jae-in and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) Kim Jong-un, and called for concrete action to follow up on the DPRK’s commitment to close a missile test site.

The Vietnamese Embassy in Mozambique in coordination with the Vietnamese Honorary Consulate and businesses in the host countries actively promoted Vietnamese products at international trade fairs in Mozambique and Madagascar.

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong-un and Republic of Korea (RoK) President Moon Jae-in have begun their first session in the framework of the 3rd inter-Korean summit.

Ethiopia and Eritrea have signed a Peace Accord at a summit in Saudi Arabia to end more than 20 years of war between the two countries.

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has appointed Mr. Kim Song as the new ambassador to the United Nations (UN), a position that has been vacant for more than a month.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) President Moon Jae-in and his spouse Kim Jung-sook on September 18th flew to Pyongyang, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), for his third meeting with leader Kim Jong-un.

(CPV) - ADB's Board of Directors has approved a USD48 million grant to help improve urban environmental services and enhance economic connectivity in Paksan and Thakhek, two of the least developed towns along the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Central Corridor in the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR).

Typhoon Mangkhut cost the Philippines a total of 250,730 tonnes of paddy rice after it hit across the nation’s northern provinces over the weekend, according to initial official estimates. The figure exceeded a previous forecast by 60 percent.

Revenue from products with geographical indications (GI) of Thailand this year is projected to stand at THB4 billion (about USD123 million), said the country’s Ministry of Commerce.

Hurricane Florence made landfall in the eastern United States, killing at least 13 people on September 15th.

At least three people were killed and four others were injured after Super Typhoon Mangkhut made a landfall in the Philippines on early September 15th, the country’s disaster officials said.

The US and Indonesia on September 14th inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on strengthening counterterrorism cooperation.

(CPV) - ADB's Board of Directors has approved a USD15.4 million grant as additional financing for the ongoing Tuvalu Outer Island Maritime Infrastructure Project.

Philippine authorities on September 14th raised its storm warning and warned of major destruction, hours before super typhoon Mangkhut was due to make landfall with fierce winds and drenching rains.

The new Slovenian cabinet led by Prime Minister Marjan Sarec were sworn in following endorsement by the parliament on September 13th.

The ASEAN-Korea Startup Week opened on September 13th in Seongnam city, the Republic of Korea (RoK)’s Gyeonggi province.

(CPV) - The Board of Directors of ADB has approved a USD6 million grant to finance a Transport Sector Project Development Facility for Solomon Islands. The facility aims to improve the design and implementation of priority transport projects in the road, maritime, and aviation sectors.

The Republic of Korea (RoK) Ministry of Unification on September 12th announced that its country and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would inaugurate an inter-Korean liaison office at the Kaesong Industrial Complex (KIC) on September 14th.

Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro on September 12th arrived in China for a three-day visit at the invitation of President Xi Jinping, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang.

Richard Ferrand, leader of La Republique En Marche (LREM), will replace Mr. Francois de Rugy as the President of the National Assembly of France.

US authorities ordered up to 1.5 million people to evacuate their homes along the coasts of Virginia, North and South Carolina ahead of Hurricane Florence, the powerful Category 4 storm packing winds of 220 kilometres per hour bearing down on the East Coast of the United States.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on September 11th met with Chinese President Xi Jingping on the sidelines of the 4th Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok city, Russia.

The 39th session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) opened in Geneva, Switzerland, on September 10th, attended by representatives of 47 member countries, more than 100 observer states and international and non-governmental organisations.

(CPV) - Accelerating the development of the private sector and expanding domestic private finance are key priorities for Viet Nam to meet the financial requirements to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).