CAMBODIA
LAO PDR
MYANMAR
- A regional envoy tasked with solving the Myanmar crisis will attend an informal meeting in Thailand on Thursday, Cambodia said, with a Thai government source indicating the junta’s foreign minister would attend. (Phil Star)
- Five out of 10 ASEAN member states gathered Thursday to meet with Myanmar’s top diplomat over its prolonged political crisis while the other members boycotted the meeting, highlighting divisions over the issue within the bloc. (Kyodo)
- Three Cabinet ministers from Myanmar attended an informal regional meeting in Thailand’s capital on Thursday to discuss efforts to restore peace in the military-run country, Thai officials said. (AP)
VIET NAM
- About 40 per cent of the Mekong Delta will disappear by 2100 due to a lack of sediment, and overexploitation of sand is to blame. The alarming data was shared by experts from the World Wide Fund for Nature in Việt Nam at a recent seminar titled “Sustainable sand management in the Mekong Delta and solutions to the scarcity of sand in the Mekong Delta” in the city of Cần Thơ. (Viet Nam News)
- Seven foreign non-governmental organisations on December 22 were granted the Vietnamese Prime Minister’s certificates of merit for their contributions to the country’s socio-economic development as well as its COVID-19 prevention and control in the 2020-2022 period. (Vietnam Plus)
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