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Hiring AI-skilled talent is a priority for nine in ten ASEAN employers, of which 72 per cent struggle to find the talent they need, highlighting a looming skills gap.

VIENTIANE: Representatives from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) met in Laos to discuss plans to further strengthen the economic-financial sector in the region, reported Xinhua.

SINGAPORE — While a majority of Southeast Asians (57.7 per cent) regard unemployment and economic recession as the region’s most pressing concern, Singapore is an outlier with only 27.8 per cent expressing such fears.

Many key members of ASEAN have held frequent engagements with China to reinforce and further develop the friendly ties to focus on joint development recently, while the US is trying to use the Philippines to hype up frictions in the South China Sea to interrupt the regional security situation and damage China's relations with the regional countries. Experts said the mainstream of the region is still about peace and development as the vast majority of the ASEAN share consensus with China to build community with shared future, and the vicious attempt of foreign forces is doomed to fail.

Hopefully, more countries in the region will join the family of maintaining peace and stability and together promote greater achievements in China-ASEAN relations. We also sincerely look forward to continuing joining hands with ASEAN countries, taking the opportunity of the 70th anniversary of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence this year to vigorously carry forward the Bandung Spirit that calls for solidarity, friendship and cooperation, to eliminate external interference, enhance solidarity and cooperation, safeguard peace and tranquility and provide more positive energy and stabilit...