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Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Thursday (July 3, 2025)
CAIRO, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The 24th "Chinese Bridge" Chinese proficiency competition for Egyptian university students concluded Saturday in the Egyptian capital Cairo.
HANOI: Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has called on Vietnam and the UK, especially their business communities, to make the most of the UK–Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (UKVFTA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) to advance bilateral ties in a more substantive and effective manner.
ADEN, Yemen, April 20 (Xinhua) -- Yemen held its first celebration of UN Chinese Language Day in the southern port city of Aden on Sunday, an event organizers said marked a significant step in cultural exchanges with China amid Yemen's long-running conflict.
HARARE, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Chinese language learners in Zimbabwe demonstrated their skills on Friday at the second edition of the Chinese Character Hero Contest, held in Harare, the country's capital.
Communication is the essence of human connection. It connects cultures, builds relationships and facilitates the expression of one's ideas clearly.
NEW YORK, June 17 (Xinhua) -- The Asian Art Museum in U.S. San Francisco is looking to deepen international collaboration and contribute to global cultural exchanges.
GABORONE, Jan. 23 (Xinhua) -- The Confucius Institute at the University of Botswana (CIUB) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Livingstone Kolobeng College (LKC) on Thursday to introduce Chinese as a second language at the secondary school.
In the middle of the vineyards of Piedmont, an Italian vet runs a unique hospital for injured hedgehogs. The latest dangers for the spiny patients: robotic mowers and climate change.
Here's a look at the news highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Friday (June 13, 2025).
HAVE you ever wondered how you could actually sing along to saucy Spanish songs effortlessly without having to refer to the lyrics after you’ve done so the first time?
DENGKIL: There is no need to hold a second session for the 2024 SPM examination as attendance of candidates for the Malay language oral test was very encouraging.
HANOI: The second round of the Vietnam–United States reciprocal trade agreement was held as scheduled during May 19-22 in Washington, DC, according to the Ministry of Industry and Trade.
JERTIH: The remains of Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI) student Nurul Fatihah Abu Setaman, who perished in the tragic crash along the East-West Highway in Gerik, were laid to rest.
The sound of scissors filled the room as 30 secondary school teachers eagerly clipped images from copies of The Star during a recent workshop held under its Newspaper-in-Education (Star-NiE) programme.
PUTRAJAYA: No seizures were made by investigators from the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) after raiding the second home of FashionValet e-commerce platform founder Datin Vivy Yusof on Thursday (Nov 7), Malay language daily Sinar Harian reports.
KOTA KINABALU: Sometimes coming in second best is not bad at all, and this is precisely what the latest PETRONAS' Kaamatan webfilm is communicating.
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will confer with Asean leaders to propose the use of the Malay language as Asean's second language, in efforts to elevate the mother tongue at the international level.
PETALING JAYA: Indonesia’s Minister of Education, Culture, Research and Technology Nadiem Makarim has rejected Malaysia's proposal to make the Malay language, or Bahasa Melayu, as the second official language of the Asean bloc.
SINGAPORE: Malaysia is at it again. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has recently proposed making Malay or Bahasa Melayu the second language of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to “elevate Malaysia’s national language (to) the international level”.
