Coc

Yvette Tanamal (The Jakarta Post) PREMIUM Jakarta   ● Wed, January 25 2023 As this year’s ASEAN chair, Jakarta must use its diplomatic capital to advance negotiations on the bloc’s unfinished Code of Conduct (COC) for the South China Sea, analysts have said, as the region’s geopolitical tensions seem set to intensify. For more than a decade, ASEAN has been working with China to produce a set of guidelines, the COC, to prevent open conflict in the South China Sea, but progress has been slow as a result of conflicting interests and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic. But with China finally reopening its borders and bolstering its economic cooperation with ASEAN countries this year, COC negotiations are also expected to resume. to Read Full Story SUBSCRIBE NOW Starting from IDR 55,500/month Unlimited access to our web and app content e-Post daily digital newspaper No advertisements, no interruptions Privileged access to our events and programs … [Read more...] about Quiet ingenuity ‘needed’ to move needle on COC

The Huu Nghi, Tan Thanh and Coc Nam border gates will shut down from January 21-23, and in the following three days after that only goods that have been pre-registered will be allowed to pass through, according to the Management Board of Dong Dang-Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone. The Chi Ma border gate will only approve pre-registered goods on January 21-27. Trade will return to normal at all gates on January 28. Vietnam and China both celebrate the Lunar New Year, known as Tet in Vietnam. During the holiday, most economic activities are shut down as workers return home to reunite with their families. The Management Board of Dong Dang - Lang Son Border Gate Economic Zone is calling on businesses to register their deliveries to customs authorities. China lifted its Covid-19 testing requirements for Vietnamese goods on January 8 after three years of imposing various levels of restrictions to curb the spread of the pandemic. China is a large trading partner with … [Read more...] about China to limit border trade with Vietnam during Tet holiday