Chief of the ruling Cambodia People’s Party (CPP) and President of the Senate Chea Sim died on June 8 due to illness, aged 83, according to CPP spokesperson Chhim Phalvarun. 

With the formation of the ASEAN Economic Community set to take place at the end of this year, Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong talked to Vietnam News and other news outlets of ASEAN on major issues facing regional group members.

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is confident the ASEAN Community will be established by the end of this year, but added the quality of ASEAN integration will depend on how it resolves outstanding issues, including the territorial dispute in East Sea. 

Saudi-led air strikes killed at least 44 people during an air raid on the main headquarters of the Yemeni army in central Sanaa on June 7, the Houthi-run state news agency Saba said.

Group of Seven (G7) leaders vowed at a summit in the Bavarian Alps on June 7 to keep sanctions against Russia in place until President Vladimir Putin and Moscow-backed separatists fully implement the terms of a peace deal for Ukraine.

(VOV) -Leaders from the Group of Seven (G7) industrial nations meet on June 7 in the Bavarian Alps for a summit overshadowed by Greece's debt crisis and ongoing violence in Ukraine.

Group of Seven leaders will express their concern over any unilateral action to change the status quo in the East China Sea and East Vietnam Sea amid tensions between China and a number of Asian countries, Japan's Yomiuri newspaper said on June 6.

(VOV) -Dozens of experts and scholars discussed East Sea issues and conflicts threatening world peace at a round table discussion held in Moscow’s University of Humanities on June 5.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and visiting Philippine President Benigno Aquio have agreed to start negotiations on an accord for the transfer of military equipment and technology, aiming to strengthen security ties. 

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott voiced his country’s stance on the East Sea issue on June 4, opposing China’s unilateral moves to expand its territory in the sea.