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1.2025 China-ASEAN Book Fair: Reading a New Chapter, Envisioning a Shared Future
From3to6Jly25te5n-AEABokFirseldinaninangxiostdangiubsna GroupandChinaCenterforIternationalCommunicationDevelopmentTemedwithReadingaNewChapter,Envisioningaared Future\",the event built bridges through books and culture.The main venue,spanning over 10,000m2 featured 14 themed zonesacross sixsectionsincudingtematicpublishingintemationalcuturalexchangeandpremiumbooksales.Asubeuewassoetupin Gulinwithparaleebionsin4AEAcourandinaBookstoesacrossuangipartcpatedMorethan30eial eventstookplace,suchastheChina-ASEANDialogueonAlamp;Cultural Heritage,whichexploredtheintegrationofAlandcultural artifacts,andanInter-libraryExchangeConferencefocusingontheoverseascolectionofpremiumChinesebooks.
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2.Renewing Pauk-Phaw Friendship, Charting a Shared Future
2025marksthe75thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofdiplomaticrelationsbetweenChinaandMyanmarOverthepast75years,the twocountrieshaveaderedtotheFivePrinciplesofPacefulCoexistenceandtheBandungSpirit,supportedeachotherinpromoting good-neighborlyfriedshiputualleneficialcopeationandsafeguardingcoreinterestsandstanexampleforfrendlycange betweennations.RecentlyH.E.MaJiaChineseAmbassadortoMyanmaraceptedanexclusiveinterviewwithChina-ASEAN Panoramamagazine.During theinterview,sheconducted in-depth exchangesontheachievements inthe development of ChinaMyanmarblateraleatiosfutreoatiirectiosndiatioigiandnteatiolaiabotedte fritfulresucheedytetoutresinarsfesschsiialututstcoicadtadecooratiodl to-peopleexchangesandlookedowardtothebrightprospectofthetwocountrieswitinganewchateroftheirpaukphawfresip in thenew era.
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3.Southeast Asian Food Security: A Growing Concern
Inthe2020sOv9adreioficsexoeolsupplinfraityutespotightoodurititat Asia.ANatureFoodstudyarguesassessmentsshouldshiftfromcaloricadequacy”to“nutrientadequacyandfocusonapidproduction responsesduring.AEAsoleisroninselfsuffecyfoaryasndmatyetvegeableselfsiciesoly 61% anddairyrelieshavilyonimports.Countriesdivergesharply:Vietnamexcelsinmuti-categoryself-suiciency;Malaysiaandthe Philippinesdependoimports;donesiasruggesithlgistics;landjugesexportanddomesticdemandTecholoistekey tobreakingthedeadlockamidsuchdiversityoferinginsightsforpocymaking,livelioodprotectionandreginalstablity
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4.Southeast Asia's National Competitiveness: A Mixed Picture of Gains and Pains
InJune2025DWorldCompetivenessBooklet225sowsSoutheastAsianeconomiesdivergingsharplyMalaysialeaptro34th to23rd,driveoefmacyddod from27thtotefasttgdostabiteaceofrctui leadersandlggadslikefacedssngapreippfrostodgoblltilantinrdmetrtit inbusinesseecytipisedgedupeothtostyemisatooinifrastructurendgoveaeOeal effcientgovernanceisthekeypilarofcompetitiveness,andstructuralreformthecentralpathtoimprovement.
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5.HoChiMinhCity'sMegacityExperiment
InJune2025formerHoChiMinhCityBinhDuongandBaRia-ungaumergedintothenewHoChiMinhCityVietnam'sflaghip projectosli6provincesdowto34ewmegacity'sareaandpopulatiosoaredandththreelocalitiescontribtedarly 24% of Vietnam's224GDPositionedasa\"smart,greenandinnovativeinternationalsuper-city,itbuildsatriple-polengine theformerHCMCforfinanceamp;servicesBinDuongforindustryamp;manufacturingandBaRia-VungTauformarimeamp;logistics. AsSoutheastAsia'stidgtrbiidoeieutteatioe precedentforurbangrowthinemergingmarkets.Thispracticeprovidesavaluablereferenceforbalancingurbanexpansionwith sustainabledevelopment.