ASEAN leaders and the bloc's secretary-general Dr.Surin Pitsuwan (extreme right) during the photo session
Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday urged the leaders within the 10-nation Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to intensify their efforts in establishing the regional bloc as a successful community.

In his address to mark the official opening of the 14th ASEAN Summit at Dusit Thani Hua Hin Hotel in Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva told the leaders of other ASEAN membered countries that their intensified efforts would be a significant force in …

In marking the official opening of the 14th ASEAN Summit at Dusit Thani Hua Hin Hotel in Cha-am, Phetchaburi Province, the speech of Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva was yesterday made as follow:
 
Your Majesty,
Your Excellencies,
Secretary-General of ASEAN,
Ministers, Parliamentarians,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
 
(Overview — From Lam Taen to Cha-am/ Hua Hin: a Forty Year Journey)
More than four decades ago, ASEAN’s Founding Fathers met at Lam Taen, Chonburi, a seaside sub-district, just across the Gulf of Thailand from where we are today. They were motivated …

Thai finance minister Korn

The finance ministers of the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and three East Asian partner nations of Japan, China, and South Korea will meet on February 22 in Phuket.
Thailand’s Finance Minister Korn Chatikavanij yesterday said the meeting of the “ASEAN+3” finance ministers, also attended by the ASEAN secretary-general, Dr.Surin Pitsuwan, and President Haruhiko Kuroda of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), is aimed mainly at encouraging greater financial cooperation among the member countries of the ASEAN community.
The Thai finance minister said the meeting is expected to also …

Prasert Bunsumpun (right), chief executive officer and president of PTT Plc, is seen signing the MoU with Alfredo Pires (left), the secretary of state for natural resources of Timor-Leste, which was witnessed by Prime Minister Abhisit and President of Timor-Leste Jose Ramos Horta (standing left).
Thailand’s oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on energy development with Timor-Leste’s Ministry of Natural Resources in a bid to cooperate on energy development with the Southeast Asian republic.
PTT, on behalf of the country’s energy firm, will also provide …

Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva yesterday announced that the venue of the 14th Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit, earlier planned to be held in Bangkok, will be in the beach resort of Hua Hin in Prachuap Khiri Khan province.
The dates for ASEAN Summit will however remain unchanged from the scheduled February 27-March 1, the premier said.
The government’s decision to change the venue to Hua Hin, about 280 kilometres south of Bangkok, has been made to avoid possible chaos which may erupt from a protest by anti-government United Front of …

Thailand’s Cabinet yesterday agreed to hold the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit between February 27-March 1 in Bangkok as planned.
According to Veerasak Footrakul, permanent secretary for Foreign Affairs, the Cabinet during the weekly meeting yesterday decided to give an approval to the schedule, earlier discussed and agreed upon by ASEAN Secretary-General Surin Pitsuwan and Thailand’s Foreign Minister Kasit Piromya.
However, Veerasak said, the dates for discussions with ASEAN’s dialogue partners, comprising of China, India, Japan, South Korea, Australia and New Zealand, would be fixed later because the leaders of all …