Myanmar's House of Representatives (Lower House) on April 5 passed a bill on the appointment of a state counselor in the new cabinet, a post to be created for Aung San Suu Kyi – chairperson of the National League for Democracy (NLD). 

VOV.VN -Malaysian Minister of Communications and Multimedia Salleh Said Keruak proposed erecting a news agency of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) at the first ASEAN Editors Summit taking place in Kuala Lumpur April 5-6.

Troops from the US and the Philippines have begun an annual military exercise called Balikatan (Shoulder to Shoulder) after a ceremony held in Manila on April 4.

ASEAN countries’ Ambassadors to Norway discussed with Norwegian officials specific activities to enhance cooperation between the 10-member bloc and the North European country during a recent meeting in Oslo. 

Islamic State militants attacked Syrian army troops with mustard gas in an offensive against a Syrian military airport in the eastern province of Deir al-Zor that borders Iraq, state media said on April 4.

The first migrants deported from Greek islands under a disputed EU-Turkey deal were shipped back to Turkey on April 4 in a drive to shut down the main route used by more than a million people fleeing war and poverty to reach Europe in the last year.

Myanmar’s new President Htin Kyaw on April 4 submitted to the Union Parliament a proposal for changing two out of four portfolios held by Aung San Suu Kyi – leader of the ruling National League for Democracy.

 The 20th ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) kicked off in Vientiane, Laos on April 4. 

More than 200 politicians, policymakers and business executives met to discuss opportunities and challenges facing Asia and the world in the 2016 Singapore Forum.

Dutch voters will decide on April 6 whether to support a European treaty deepening ties with Ukraine in a referendum that will test sentiment toward Brussels ahead of Britain's June Brexit vote and could also bring a boost for Russia.

VOV.VN - Leaders of more than 50 countries attending the 4th Nuclear Security Summit in the US pledged to work together to prevent terrorists from accessing and using nuclear materials. 

Azerbaijan said on April 3 it would stop fighting Armenian-backed separatists over the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh region after two days of clashes, but the other side denounced Baku's gesture as hollow and said violence was continuing.

Syrian and allied forces backed by Russian air strikes drove Islamic State militants out of the town of al-Qaryatain on April 3 after encircling it over the past few days, Syria's military command said.

Brussels Airport reopened to a thin stream of passengers on April 3, 12 days after suicide bombers destroyed its departure hall and killed 16 people.

VOV.VN - On April 2, the Association of Vietnamese students and professors in the US hosted a workshop on “Militarization in the East Sea and its consequences” to seek peaceful solutions in line with international law.

Clashes erupted between troops from Azerbaijan and the rebel Nagorno-Karabakh region on April 2, the two sides said, disputing who had violated a fragile ceasefire again.

Greece demanded an explanation from the International Monetary Fund on April 2 after an apparent leaked transcript suggested the IMF may threaten to pull out of the country's bailout as a tactic to force European lenders to more offer debt relief.

The Secretariats of ASEAN and the United Nations (UN) reaffirmed their commitment towards strengthening their cooperation to help build a more peaceful and prosperous society at a recent meeting in Jakarta.

Deputy financial ministers and vice governors of central banks from ASEAN member states, and those from the groups’ three partners - China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK), gathered for a meeting in Vientiane, Laos on April 2. 

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will pursue its nuclear and ballistic missile program in defiance of the United States and its allies, a top Pyongyang envoy said on April 1, adding that a state of "semi-war" now existed on the divided Korean peninsula.

Migrants protested on a Greek island and rights groups raised legal objections on April 1 three days before a disputed EU deal to return rejected asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey was due to go into action, with neither side completely ready.

The 4th ASEAN Chief Justices’ Meeting issued a joint statement on April 1 at the end of the one day event in Ho Chi Minh City. 

Ambassador Nguyen Hoanh Nam, head of the Vietnamese mission to ASEAN, attended the 11th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community in Jakarta, Indonesia, from March 29-30.

VOV.VN - The 4th Nuclear Security Summit opened in Washington on March 31.

An overpass under construction in the bustling Indian city of Kolkata collapsed on March 31 on to vehicles and street vendors below, killing at least 14 people with more than 100 people feared trapped.

Greece and Turkey are rushing through changes to their asylum rules in a race to implement a EU-Turkey agreement on the return of refugees and migrants from Greek islands to Turkey from April 4, EU officials and diplomats said.

Myanmar's new government has appointed 29 regional ministers for ethnic affairs for 13 regions and states, according to an order of the President's Office released on March 31.

The ASEAN member countries and China have agreed to strengthen pragmatic law enforcement cooperation, to better cope with security challenges and set up a law enforcement college to train police. 

The second regional workshop on building a post-2015 Initiative for ASEAN Integration Work Plan (IAI) was held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on March 30.

The United States has told China it will not recognize an exclusion zone in the East Sea and would view such a move as "destabilizing," US Deputy Secretary of Defense Robert Work said on March 30.