Singaporean Defence Minister Ng Eng Hen and his New Zealand counterpart Hon Ron Mark on March 13 co-chaired the second annual Singapore - New Zealand Defence Ministers’ Meeting held in Auckland port city of New Zealand.
Singapore's
F-15 jets (Photo: www.straitstimes.com)
The meeting aimed to seek measures to bolster bilateral defence
cooperation. The two sides will continue to discuss the proposal for
Singapore’s F-15 fighting jets to train at New Zealand’s Ohakea Air Force Base.
In addition, the ministers will revise and complete the bilateral
defence relationship framework, thus promoting defence cooperation activities
of the two countries in the future.
Aside from bilateral defence cooperation, Singapore and New
Zealand are members of multilateral defence cooperation mechanisms, including
the Five Power Defence Agreement (between the UK, Australia, New Zealand,
Malaysia and Singapore) and the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting Plus.
Source: VNA
Many countries are grappling with rapidly aging population. As population aging becomes an irreversible global trend with significant impacts on economic and social sectors, nations face the urgent task of creating flexible policies to adapt to and make the most of this trend to build prosperous and sustainable societies.
With a series of stimulus measures, the world tourism industry is on the way to recovery as before the COVID-19 pandemic broke out. Facing the opportunity to take off, the "smokeless industry” is expected to strongly contribute to global economic growth while promoting potential and cohesion, contributing to peace and sustainable development.
The danger from the COVID-19 pandemic is still latent, threatening people’s health and lives in the context that the immunity provided from the COVID-19 vaccine has decreased. Many other dangerous diseases are also likely to break out when the global vaccination rate slows down, due to inequality in access to health services, vaccine hesitancy, and consequences of economic recession.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is witnessing a rise in the sales of electric vehicles (EVs) in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia, according to Maybank Investment Bank Research (Maybank IB Research).
The respect paying ceremony for Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong continued on the morning of July 26 at the National Funeral Hall in Hanoi, with high-level delegations from foreign countries and international organisations paying their last respects and expressing deep condolences.
A wave of condolences have poured in from world leaders, international organisations, rulling parties, Communist parties and partner parties following the death of Vietnamese Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong.
.jpg)
