NDO/VNA – Thai and Malaysian players have won gold medals in different golf competitions within the ongoing SEA Games 31.  

The World Bank on Wednesday announced actions it plans to take as part of a comprehensive, global response to the ongoing food security crisis, with up to 30 billion USD financing in existing and new projects. 

NDO - The European Commission (EC) has planned to spend 195 billion EUR to accelerate the transition to clean energy as well as finding new energy sources. However, experts say that Europe must employ more drasticmeasures to promote this ambitious plan, especially as theEuropean Union (EU) cannot agree in stopping oil imports from Russia. 

NDO/VNA – A US official has described the recent ASEAN - US Special Summit as a “tremendous success” while addressing a press briefing held by the Asia Pacific Media Hub of the US Department of State’s Bureau of Public Affairs on May 17. 

NDO/VNA – Maritime and aviation security and safety in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) is extremely important for countries in the region and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). 

Cambodia on Tuesday launched the Tourism Recovery Co-Financing Scheme with capital funding of 150 million USD, aiming at supporting COVID-19-hit-tourism businesses, officials said. 

NDO - Food sourcing was one of the important topics discussed at the recent Foreign Ministers Meeting of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised countries held in Schleswig-Holstein, in the northernmost state of Germany. This is also an urgent issue for many countries as their efforts to ensure food security are currently being severely affected by conflicts and climate change. 

NDO/VNA – Representatives of the Vietnamese Embassy in Algeria joined an international workshop on friends of Algeria’s revolution on May 17 -18 in Algiers. 

NDO/VNA – Vietnam will host an annual meeting of the ASEAN Peacekeeping Centres Network (APCN) this September. 

Thailand's economic recovery continued apace, with its gross domestic product (GDP) up 2.2 percent year on year in the first quarter, official data showed Tuesday. 

NDO - The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has said that glaciers in Austria and Switzerland could shrink or disappear completely by the end of the 21st century due to global warming. The gradual disappearance of rivers and extreme weather events are alarm bells urging the international community to take more responsibility in the fight against climate change. 

Over 2,000 Lao people and foreign nationals have entered Laos through land borders and the airport in the Lao capital Vientiane since the government reopened the country's borders on May 9 amid the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NDO – In its report released at the weekend, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) assessed that the post COVID-19 recovery prospects in Southeast Asia are “encouraging”. 

A nationwide curfew was fully lifted on Sunday to allow Sri Lankans to celebrate the Buddhist festival of Vesak, while new Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe assembled a cabinet to resolve the island nation's economic and political crisis.