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.

A ceasefire in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo will be extended by 48 hours beginning at 1 am on May 10, state news agency SANA said on May 9, quoting the Syrian military high command.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said it would strengthen its defensive nuclear weapons capability, the official KCNA news agency reported on May 9, a decision adopted in defiance of UN resolutions at a rare congress of its ruling Workers' Party.

The ASEAN Defence Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) Plus Maritime Security and Counter-Terrorism Exercise, which is co-hosted by the Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) and Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), is underway in Singapore and Brunei from May 2-12.

An air strike by a US-led coalition killed a senior Islamic State official in Iraq last week, a Pentagon spokesman said on May 9.

Myanmar state advisor and Foreign Minister Aung San Suu Kyi and Thai Foreign Minister Don Pramudwinai vowed to promote the countries’ relations in all sectors during their meeting in Nay Pyi Taw on May 9. 

Rodrigo Duterte, a candidate of the PDP-Laban political party, is taking an early lead in the presidential election in the Philippines, according to the local media’s unofficial statistics.

Russia on May 9 showcased its military hardware in a parade to commemorate victory over the Nazis in World War Two.

Filipinos police said seven people were shot dead and one injured when a convoy of vehicles was ambushed on May 9 just a few hours before polls opened for the Philippines’ national election. 

Senior officials from ASEAN member nations and the group’s partners, including the US, Russia, Japan, China, and the European Union met at the ASEAN Regional Forum Senior Officials' Meeting (ARF SOM) Luang Prabang, Laos on May 8.

Polling stations across the Philippines opened at 6 AM on May 9 for millions of Filipinos to cast their votes selecting a new President and other congressional and local positions. 

The number of people missing in a landslide in China's southeastern Fujian province has risen to 41, Xinhua news agency said on May 8, citing local officials.

Syrian warplanes attacked Islamist militants near the northern city of Aleppo on May 8, both sides said, as the government tried to push back a insurgent advance in the area.

Turkish warplanes hit targets belonging to the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) in northern Iraq on May 8, military sources said, as three soldiers and 12 militants were reported killed in separate clashes over the weekend.

VOV.VN -  Yale University in the US hosted a workshop on May 6-7 to discuss conflicts in the East Sea.

Unidentified gunmen killed eight policemen dressed in civilian clothes, including an officer, in an attack on a police vehicle in Helwan, just south of Cairo, the Egyptian Interior Ministry said on May 8.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) leader Kim Jong Un said his country will not use nuclear weapons unless its sovereignty is infringed by others with nuclear arms, and is willing to normalize ties with states that had been hostile toward it, state media said on May 8.

Environmental security in the East Sea was the main theme of a seminar held in Washington DC on May 3 by East West Center, a US-based institution for public diplomacy in the Asia Pacific, with the participation of more than 30 scholars and journalists.

The U.S. presidential election may turn out to be one of the world's biggest un-popularity contests.

US Assistant Secretary for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Russel will travel to Vientiane and Luang Prabang, Laos; Hanoi, Vietnam; and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from May 6 – 12.

VOV.VN - Donald Trump will likely win the Republican nomination for the US presidential election after his victory in Indiana, which forced Texas senator Ted Cruz to drop out of the race.