Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on January 22 emphasised that Vietnam is always closely monitoring the situation in Myanmar and hopes for a prompt return to stability there, for the benefit of the local people as well as for regional and global peace and stability.

Thai media have reported on some promising developments for migrants, such as cabinet approval in October of a plan to grant citizenship to nearly half a million people, including long-term migrants and children born in Thailand, and new visas for digital, medical and cultural pursuits.

Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh announced Vietnam's readiness to mediate peace talks in Myanmar during his meeting with United Nations Special Envoy on Myanmar Julie Bishop in Davos, Switzerland on Wednesday.

This year the countries will mark 78 years of diplomatic relations, but Myanmar people no longer feel their “old friend” is truly there for them.

In a rare call, the junta asked other nations to “participate in combating online scams and online gambling”. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Vietnam made an impressive start in the 2025 AFC Women’s Futsal Asian Cup Qualifiers by clinching a landslide 5-1 victory over hosts Myanmar on January 15 evening.

The deportations began in October 2023 and include foreigners who were trafficked and forced to work in scam centres, mainly along Myanmar’s borders. The scams target people online and include fake gambling schemes.

Southeast Asian foreign ministers are gathering for their first meeting this year under the regional bloc’s new chair, Malaysia, seeking a breakthrough over Myanmar’s drawn-out civil war and territorial disputes in the South China Sea.

Some 55,000 foreigners, including more than 53,000 Chinese, involved in border scams deported since October 2023

ASEAN's fifth envoy to Myanmar, Tan Sri Othman Hashim, appointed during the bloc's meeting of foreign ministers.

The Philippines publishes annual economic growth data after a challenging year that saw the island nation grapple with a host of challenges, including natural disasters and global economic uncertainty. The country has revised its 2024 GDP growth target downward to a range of 6-6.5%, from a previously projected 7%.

In the context of an increasingly multipolar and unpredictable world, Singapore has no choice but remains open and inclusive, said Foreign Minister Vivian Balakrishnan.