ASEAN and the world

About 14,000 policemen will be deployed to ensure peace and security during the 29th Southeast Asian Games (SEA Games 29), which will take place in Malaysia from August 19th - 30th.

Haiti could stem its seven-year-long cholera epidemic by the end of 2018, as the number of reported cases has dropped sharply.

Thailand and Myanmar have passed a project to develop a border road at the 8th meeting of Thailand-Myanmar Joint Coordination Committee (JCC) for the comprehensive development of Dawei Special Economic Zone and related projects.

Floods in southern China have killed many people over the past few days and forced the evacuation of tens of thousands, according to state media.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President Moon Jae-in completed his cabinet by naming two more ministers.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on July 3rd received his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping at Kremlin Palace.

US President Donald Trump on July 3rd held discussions with Germany’s Chancellor Angela Merkel and Italy’s Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni about the upcoming G20 summit in Hamburg on July 7th - 8th.

The World Bank (WB) has predicted that the Philippines will continue its robust growth in 2017 with an economic expansion of 6.8 percent, a slight drop compared to the earlier forecast of 6.9 percent it gave in April.

(CPV) - ADB approved the second phase of financial support amounting to USD76 million on July 4th 2017 to address lack of access to affordable, clean, and reliable power in provincial centers in Papua New Guinea (PNG).

The World Health Organisation (WHO) on July 2nd officially declared the end of the most recent outbreak of Ebola virus disease in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Singapore’s economy is forecast to expand 3 percent in 2017, said the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

The navy forces of the US and the Philippines has conducted a joint patrol in the Sulu Sea off the southern coast of the Philippines at the request of the latter’s government.

Mongolia will hold its first Presidential election runoff after none of the three candidates won an absolute majority, election officials said.

Romania’s ruling Social Democrats have picked the outgoing Economy Minister Mihai Tudose as new Prime Minister (PM).

On June 28th, Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President Moon Jae-in arrived in the US for a summit with US President Donald Trump.

Singapore is turning vacant lots of land into space for urban farming as an effort to ease its reliance on imported food.

Around 80 people are dead after the Grenfell Tower fire, London capital on June 14th.

Belarus press has reviewed the Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang’s visit to the country from June 26th - 28th.

(CPV) - ADB has approved a USD400 million policy-based loan to continue supporting the Government of Indonesia’s reforms to develop a more inclusive financial sector.

The Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) held a ceremony on Koh Pich island in Phnom Penh on June 28th to mark its 66th founding anniversary (June 28th, 1951).

On June 28th, the ruling Cambodian People’s Party (CPP) marked the 66th anniversary of its birth (28/6/1951 - 28/6/2017).

(CPV) - ADB has raised INR14 billion, about USD217 million, from a new issue of offshore Indian rupee-linked 5 year bonds. This represents ADB's third bond issue in the offshore rupee-linked market for 2017.

The Indonesian economy is expected to grow by 5.1-5.3 percent in the second quarter of 2017 thanks to a rise in domestic consumption.

The Republic of Korea (RoK)’s President Moon Jae-in on June 27th appointed Mr. Park Sang-ki, 64, a professor at Yonsei University’s law school, as the new Justice Minister.

(CPV) - ADB President Takehiko Nakao, who commenced his 3-day visit to India on June 27th 2017, met with Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in the state capital, Lucknow, and discussed future cooperation between ADB and the state. Uttar Pradesh is India’s most populous state with 200 million people and the largest rural population.

Thailand’s Commerce Permanent Secretary Chutima Bunyapraphasara said the Ministry of Commerce (MoC) is intensifying connectivity between Thai investors and groups and leading trade and investment businesses from Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV).

(CPV) - ADB is supporting Electricite Du Cambodge (EDC) in setting up a national solar park program to exploit Cambodia’s abundant solar resources.

Overall trade of the Republic of Korea (RoK) is projected to exceed USD1 trillion in 2017, a year-on-year rise of 11.5 percent.

Summer rains in China have caused extensive flooding and triggered landslides which have killed at least 15 people and left 118 missing in Sichuan province.

Indian Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi has arrived in Washington, beginning his official visit to the U.S.