Foreign ministers from Japan and five Mekong river countries got together at the 9th Mekong-Japan Foreign Ministers’ Meeting held in Vientiane, Laos, on July 25, alongside the 49th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting (AMM-49).

Events on July 26, the last day of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-49) and related meetings are expected to focus on key issues of the region as well as matters of regional and international concerns.

VOV.VN - On July 25, the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM-49) under the theme “Turning Vision into Reality for a Dynamic ASEAN Community” opened in Vientiane, Laos. 

Turkey ordered the detention of 42 journalists on July 25, broadcaster NTV reported, under a crackdown following a failed coup that has targeted more than 60,000 people and drawn fire from the European Union.

The ninth Lower Mekong Ministerial Meeting took place in Vientiane, Laos on July 25 on the sidelines of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers' Meeting ( AMM-49 ). 

Nineteen people are "in a state of cardiac arrest" after an attack by a knife-wielding man at a facility for the disabled in Kanagawa prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, a prefectural official said on July 25.

ASEAN foreign ministers had separate meetings with the bloc's partners on July 25 as part of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM 49) in Vientiane, Laos.

The 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting issued a Joint communiqué in Vientiane on July 24.

Foreign ministers of ASEAN member states and China issued their joint statement on the full and effective implementation of the Declaration on the Conduct of Parties in the East Sea (internationally known as South China Sea) in Vientiane on July 25.

VOV.VN - A series of meetings between ASEAN and its dialogue partners (ASEAN+1) transpired on July 25 in Vientiane, Laos, as part of the 49th ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (AMM).