Myanmar's Assembly of the Union (AU) on May 11 approved a military cooperation agreement with Russia following a proposal by Deputy Minister of Defence Major General Myint Nwe. 

Two people were injured as a bomb went off at Hua Lamphong station – the main railway station in Bangkok, Thailand – on May 11. 

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak hosted a reception for visiting Chinese State Councilor Yang Jiechi in Kuala Lumpur on May 10, during which they agreed to strengthen bilateral cooperation. 

Guided missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence of the US Navy travelled within 12 nautical miles (22 km) of Chu Thap (Fiery Cross) Reef in Vietnam’s Truong Sa (Spratly) Archipelago.

An ASEAN draft on a food safety legal framework was discussed at a conference held by the ASEAN Secretariat and the ASEAN Regional Integration Support from the EU in Indonesia from May 9-10.

The 17-nation group backing Syria peace talks will meet next week, US Secretary of State John Kerry on May 10, a day after he and his Russian counterpart agreed to work to revive a "cessation of hostilities" agreement reached in February.

At least 10 people were killed and 23 wounded on May 10 when a suicide bomber blew up his car near the house of a pro-government militia commander in the province of Nangarhar, a provincial official said.

Malaysia and China have agreed to address East Sea-related issues through the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) while speeding up the formation of a Code of Conduct in the East Sea (COC). 

Myanmar 's parliament on May 10 approved the addition of the Ministry of the Office of State Counselor to the new government’s set-up at the proposal of President U Htin Kyaw.

Unofficial counts showed that Rodrigo Duterte, Mayor of the Philippine southern city of Davao, has won the country’s presidential election.