Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung joined other ASEAN senior officials at a meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on November 19, in preparation for the 27th ASEAN Summit and related meetings, scheduled in the next two days in the country. 

Malaysia on November 19 called on the ASEAN member countries to focus on promoting the relationship among their citizens during the development course of each country and the region. 

(VOV) - The APEC Summit took place on November 18 and 19 in Manila drawing leaders of 21 member economies. APEC countries are facing the challenges of global climate change, terrorism, epidemics, and development gaps. 

Myanmar’s opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi and Parliament Speaker U Shwe Mann have agreed in a joint statement to place emphasis on national reconciliation and national harmony in forming a new parliament.

Malaysia and the US on November 19 signed an agreement on intensified counter-terrorism cooperation in the context that terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13 may provoke blind assaults in the region.

The suspected Islamic State mastermind of the Paris attacks was among those killed in a police raid north of the capital, France confirmed on November 19, bringing an end to the hunt for Europe's most wanted man.

Saudi Arabia will host a conference in mid-December aimed at unifying the Syrian opposition, Saudi-owned television station Al-Arabiya Al-Hadath said on November 19.

A Palestinian fatally stabbed two people in a Tel Aviv office building and three other people were killed in an attack in the occupied West Bank on November 19, Israeli police and the army said.

Islamic State militants released a video on November 19 threatening the White House with suicide bombings and car blasts and vowing to conduct more attacks on France.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has proposed talks with the Republic of Korea (RoK) to be held on Nov. 26 at the truce village on their militarized border, the North's KCNA news agency reported on November 20.