Bosch, a prominent automotive industry parts supplier, has already triumphed in a number of South East Asian markets.

ASEAN Plus 1 Summits and the ASEAN Plus 3 Summit held in Phnom Penh on November 19 have defined the orientation for the relations between the regional grouping and its partners, including China, the US, Japan, the Republic of Korea and India.

More than 200 businesses from Vietnam, Africa and the Middle East discussed opportunities for cooperation at a workshop in Hanoi on September 7.

As Vietnam celebrated ASEAN’s 45th anniversary and the country’s 17-year ASEAN membership last week, Minister of Foreign Affairs Pham Binh Minh outlines ASEAN’s 45-year journey towards one vision, identity and community.

ASEAN foreign ministers have adopted a joint statement affirming the bloc’s continued solidarity in solving the East Sea issue.

Growth in East Asian economies will slow next year with demand from key export markets in the United States and Europe falling as they struggle with their debt crises, the World Bank warned on Tuesday.

Vietnamese Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Pham Gia Khiem addressed the 44th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-44) in Jakarta yesterday, concentrating on such issues as building of the ASEAN Community and implementing the ASEAN Charter.

During his visit to Vietnam in mid-November with the ambitious strategy As-One and a focused investment plan in his portfolio, Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited Global CEO Jim Quigley told VIR a long-term vision would pay off for the world’s largest private professional services organisation.

The 20th anniversary edition of the UN Development Programme’s (UNDP) Human Development Report, launched yesterday in a ceremony with UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, UNDP Administrator Helen Clark and Nobel laureate Amartya Sen, spotlights countries that made the greatest progress in recent decades as measured by the Human Development Index (HDI), with China, Nepal, Indonesia, Laos and Republic of Korea all making the report’s “Top 10 Movers” list.

TOKYO, October 19, 2010 - East Asia is leading the global recovery, but its success has attracted a surge of capital that has inflated currencies, spelling a risk to exports and future growth, the World Bank said Tuesday.