A car bomb hit the center of Kabul late on September 5, just hours after a Taliban suicide attack near the Defense Ministry killed at least 24 people including a number of senior security officials, and wounded 91 others, officials said.

Issues related to the implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (DOC) and the building of the Code of Conduct (COC) will be submitted to the upcoming ASEAN-China Summit in Vientiane, according to Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister Le Hoai Trung. 

President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte on September 5 declared a state of national emergency on account of violence.

Philippine police have taken into custody a man who may be involved in September 2 night's blast that killed 14 people and injured nearly 70 others in the southern city of Davao.

Senior officials of ASEAN countries met in Vientiane, Laos, on September 5 to prepare for the 28th &29 th ASEAN summits and related meetings which will convene from September 6.

The Royal Malaysia Police and the Philippine police are set to sign an agreement to fight cross-border crime.

Myanmar's State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi on September 3 declared that the 21st Century Panglong Peace Conference is an event of historic significance – the first step on the path to peace. 

VOV.VN - On September 3 in Hangzhou city, China, US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Xi Jinping handed to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon a document on ratifying the Paris agreement on climate change. 

Russian Economy Minister Alexei Ulyukaev said on September 4 President Vladimir Putin and his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan had agreed to form a joint investment fund between their two countries.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a televised interview broadcast on September 4 that he was "alright", after he took ill two weeks ago during a national day rally speech.