Hungary on February 5 expressed its strong interest to forge closer ties with the Southeast Asian region and said it recognised the immense potential of the ASEAN Community.

Representatives from ASEAN and the European Union (EU) reiterated their commitment to further strengthening the existing close trade and investment relations between the regions during the 23rd Meeting of the ASEAN-EU Joint Cooperation Committee (JCC). 

Russia said on February 4 it suspected Turkey was preparing a military incursion into Syria, as a Syrian army source said Aleppo would soon be encircled by government forces with Russian air support.

Myanmar’s new Parliament elected Mann Win Khaing Than as Speaker of the House of Nationalities (upper house) and Aye Tha Aung as Deputy Speaker on February 3. 

VOV.VN -  The Syrian peace talks are intended to stop bloodshed in Syria. But regional tensions have threatened the talks and challenged the process.

The World Health Organization voiced concern on February 3 over the reported sexual transmission of the Zika virus in Texas amid worries that such infections could make battling it even tougher. There is no vaccine or treatment for Zika.

A United Nations envoy halted his attempts to conduct Syrian peace talks on February 3 after the army, backed by Russian air strikes, advanced against rebel forces north of Aleppo, choking opposition supply lines from Turkey to the city.

President Barack Obama wants to boost US aid to Colombia to help remove landmines and implement the government's peace accord with a leftist rebel group, the White House said on February 2.

VOV.VN - Cuban President Raul Castro is on a 2-day official state visit to France, the first by a Cuban head of state since 1995.

European Council President Donald Tusk set out a plan on February 2 for keeping Britain in the European Union to a mixed reception which underlined the challenges Prime Minister David Cameron faces convincing Britons they should stay in the bloc.