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Indonesia gets over 3 mln AstraZeneca shots via COVAX

A total of 3,476,400 doses of AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, procured through the multilateral vaccine-sharing ...

Foreign tourist arrivals decreased 3.85 percent in May 2021: BPS

The Central Statistics Agency (BPS) recorded that foreign tourist arrivals in May 2021 reduced by 3.85 percent from the ...

Now is the time for ASEAN member states to join a global effort to protect at least 30% of the Earth's land and ocean

On the occasion of World Biodiversity Day, a growing number of elected officials, Indigenous leaders, scientists, and ...

Increasing demand for environmental services in ASEAN opens opportunities for international trade in environmental services, says the ASEAN-Japan Centre

The ASEAN region is seeing an increase in the demand for environmental services due to rapid population growth and ...

Govt asks ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration

The Indonesian Ministry of Law and Human Rights (Kemenkumham) has urged ASEAN nations to strengthen legal integration ...

Rush Gold signs major partnership to power gold payment services for multiple mobile network operators across 10 ASEAN countries

Rush Gold Global (Rush Gold), the innovative fintech platform providing digital access to physical gold to retail and ...

ASEANO awards grants for research on plastic pollution

The ASEAN-Norwegian Cooperation Project on Local Capacity Building for Reducing Plastic Pollution in the ASEAN Region ...

Ministry of Environment to hold online environmental exhibition "Virtual Japan Pavilion - Innovation for 2050 Net-zero"

On March 3 - 23, 2021, the Ministry of the Environment will hold "Virtual Japan Pavilion - Innovation for 2050 ...

ASEAN Secretary General accentuates role of media during pandemic

Secretary General of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Lim Jock Hoi put the spotlight on the vital ...

Fintech sector expected to cross US$100 bln by 2025: minister

Last year, Google and Temasek predicted that Indonesia's financial technology (fintech) industry will see the ...

Around 4.5 million MSME traders using QRIS: BI

As many as 4.5 million MSME merchants are using the digital payment system standardization, or Quick Response Code ...

Malaysian SC inks fintech cooperation agreement with OJK

The Financial Services Authority (OJK) and Malaysian Securities Commission (SC) signed a cooperation agreement to ...

DPR lauds govt's firm stance on China claim on Natuna waters

Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aziz Syamsuddin, has praised the Indonesian government over its ...

Viet Nam global value chains: creating more value added to local economy from rising exports is a remaining question to tackle by the government, says ASEAN-Japan Centre

- While Viet Nam —­ one of the poorest nations in the world in the 1980s — has become today a market-based and ...

BRI reports 0.37-percent drop in first-quarter net profit

State-owned lender Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI) witnessed its first-quarter profit plunge slightly by 0.37 percent to ...