VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/Asia News Network): Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh has highlighted the significant role played by women entrepreneurs in boosting economic growth in Asean in the post-Covid-19 pandemic era.
While the Myanmar quagmire will continue to dominate Asean's agenda under Cambodia and future chairs, one must not forget that the current chair must also deal with a myriad of challenges across all sectors of the grouping's ongoing cooperation. The much-awaited foreign ministerial retreat last Thursday has once again shown that Asean remains a closely knit, pragmatic family.