Southeast Asian Leaders Open ASEAN Summit in Laos
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Southeast Asian leaders have opened a two-day summit in Laos aimed at creating an economic community in six years and expanding free trade agreements with Asia&#39;s largest economies.
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Foreign Minister Alexander Downer and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono have opened a regional summit attended by 124 religious leaders.
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Trade ministers from the ten-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) have agreed with New Zealand and Australia to recommend the launch of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement.
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Laotian officials hosting the 10th annual meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations made final arrangement Saturday for the summit.
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Ha Noi (VNA) - The 10th summit of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN 10) - an important event marking one year of operation of the regional grouping - kicked off in Vientiane , Laos , on Monday.
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VIENTIANE: Asean leaders reached a consensus to approve Malaysiaâs long-held ambition to hold a summit of East Asian countries - the East Asian Summit (EAS).
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The creation of an East Asian union has gained more support after the leaders of 13 countries in East Asia agreed to hold an East Asian Summit conference next year at the 8th Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) Plus Korea, China, Japan
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Southeast Asian economic ministers meet this weekend with counterparts from regional powerhouses China, Japan and South Korea in an effort to liberalize trade and boost business.
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HANOI : The Asia-Europe Summit Meeting was enlarged on Thursday to include the European Union&#39;s 10 new members as well as three Asian nations -- Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar.
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Two of Southeast Asiaâs newest leaders called for faster economic integration at an annual meeting Sunday, saying the region risked being trampled by China and India if it did not act.
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Southeast Asian leaders and their dialogue partners from China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia, and New Zealand converge today at the opening of
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An Asia-Europe summit opened Friday overshadowed by the European Union&#39;s threat to slap fresh sanctions on one of the grouping&#39;s newest Asian membersâmilitary-ruled Burmaâif it fails
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VIENTIANE : A record number of agreements are expected to be signed at the 10th ASEAN Summit in Laos. The leaders&#39; summit will take place on Monday and Tuesday and already trade
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VIENTIANE : ASEAN leaders have started arriving in Laos for the 10th ASEAN summit. Several are taking part in a Business and Investment Summit on Sunday before the summit begins on Monday.
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VIENTIANE, Laos - Southeast Asian leaders finalized visionary pacts with China and India at their summit on Monday, hoping for a pan-Asian trade bloc to rival Europe and the United States, even as the region grapples with terrorism and epidemics such as
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Leaders from 38 Asian and European nations are gathering in Vietnam for a summit of the Asia-Europe Meeting, know as ASEM. One thousand delegates are to discuss global trade and regional politics during the two-day forum.
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New Delhi, Nov. 26: An agreement on peace, progress and shared prosperity will be the highlight of the third India-Asean (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) summit in Laos next week.