ASEAN Finance Ministers, Central Bank Governors organize sixth meeting via videoconference

Ministers for finance and governors of central banks in ASEAN and the United States held an online meeting, as part of the 6th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ and Central Bank Governors’ Meeting yesterday.
Deputies of ASEAN finance, central bank hold meetings on finance, banking sectors between ASEAN and US Department of Treasury

Indonesia landslides kill 11 including infant twins
Two 10-month-old twins were among at least 11 people killed in landslides across an Indonesian city early on Monday, a search and rescue officer said.
Union Minister U Kyaw Tin participates in 53rd ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting and related Meetings held via videoconference

 

Fire, explosion deaths in Vietnam down in 8 months
 A total of 2,064 fires and explosions occurred in Vietnam in the first eight months of this year, killing 61 people and injuring 129 others.
Virus despair forces girls across Asia into child marriage
Tens of thousands of girls across Asia are being forced into marriage by desperate families plunged into poverty because of the coronavirus pandemic, as campaigners warn years of progress tackling the practice is being undone.
Philippines' Manila to remain under strict lockdown until Sept. 30
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte on Monday approved the extension of strict COVID-19 lockdown in Metro Manila from Tuesday to September 30 to control the spread of the coronavirus disease in the country.