After months of lockdown, parts of Southeast Asia are leaving behind their "zero-COVID" policy and charting a path toward living with the virus - despite experts' warnings that it may be too early to do so.COVID-19 swept across the region this summer, fuelled by the highly infectious Delta variant, with cases climbing steeply in July and peaking in most countries by August.Now, governments including Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam are looking to revive their economies - particu

Like other regions around the world, Southeast Asia is no exception to decarbonising its energy sector, and improving its national energy security - perhaps simply because renewable energy (RE) has become cheaper. The ASEAN Member States (AMS) individually and collectively have set ambitious targets to incorporate RE in their energy system.In some cases, the deadline to achieve these RE targets is fast approaching.

Each phone call from Vietnam causes Thai Duong’s heart to skip a few beats.For Duong, who grew up in District 4 of Ho Chi Minh City but currently lives in California, every contact with home poses the possibility of bad news.

Vice President Kamala Harris launched a new broadside against China as she ended her Southeast Asian tour in Hanoi Thursday, warning the United States (US) would continue to push back against Beijing's claims in disputed Asian waters.The comments came on the final day of a regional trip in which Washington has sought to reset relations in Asia after the turbulent Donald Trump years and stress its commitment to Southeast Asian allies.During the trip, Harris had already accused Beijing twi

Vice President Kamala Harris said Wednesday the United States (US) would find new ways to "raise the pressure on Beijing", accusing China of bullying in hotly disputed Asian waters for the second time in two days.Harris made the comments as she began a visit to Vietnam to stress US commitment to Asia, a trip that critics have slammed as tone-deaf given the parallels with the superpower's evacuations from Saigon and Kabul.During a meeting with Vietnam President Nguyen Xuan Phuc,

United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris landed in Vietnam Tuesday after an "anomalous health incident" in Hanoi delayed her flight from Singapore, the US embassy said, an apparent reference to the so-called "Havana syndrome" that has sickened diplomats in several countries.Harris is in Vietnam as part of a Southeast Asia trip where she is seeking to rally regional allies as the US' superpower status takes a hit over Afghanistan.She was due to depart Singapore

On 9 February, 1967, hours after the United States (US) Air Force pounded Haiphong Harbor and several Vietnamese airfields, NBC television screened a politically momentous episode of Star Trek.

United States (US) Vice President Kamala Harris began a trip to Asia Sunday where she will offer reassurances of Washington's commitment to the region after the chaotic US pull-out from Afghanistan and Taliban takeover.The hard-line Islamists' swift return to power a week ago, and desperate scenes of thousands trying to flee, have cast another shadow over the US' status as a global superpower.But on her visit, which includes stops in Singapore and Vietnam, Harris will seek to a

A Cambodian court on Wednesday jailed outspoken union leader Rong Chhun for two years on incitement charges relating to comments about the country's border, the latest legal case activists say is aimed at cracking down on opposition voices. Rong Chhun, the leader of the Cambodian Confederation of Unions, was arrested in July last year after accusing the government of "irregularities" over the demarcation of the eastern border with Vietnam. The demarcation proc

In March 2020, Cambodian authorities made it clear they would take no chances with COVID-19. Tourism visas were suspended. Land borders were closed, leaving citizens stranded. Curfews and domestic travel restrictions emptied the kingdom’s world-renowned archaeological sites of visitors and shut down once-bustling nightlife spots.For nearly a year, such vigilance made Cambodia a COVID-19 success story.