On 28 January 2020, Hon. Nguyen Tuong Van, Secretary-General of AIPA, paid a courtesy call on H. E. Irakli Asashvili, Ambassador of Georgia to Indonesia at the Embassy of Georgia in Jakarta.
AIPA ACTIVITIES
AIPA and ERIA Renew MoU to Build Capacity of ASEAN Parliamentarians on Matters Relating to the ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Integration.
Jakarta, 22 January 2020 – The signing ceremony of the renewed ‘Memorandum of Understanding to Develop the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly (AIPA)’s Capacity on Matters Concerning ASEAN Economic Community and ASEAN Economic Integration in Various Areas’ between AIPA and the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA)
Training Workshop on Gender Sensitivity
From January 13-16, 2020, AIPA in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany and implemented by Deutsche Geselschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) conduct ’Training Workshop on Gender Sensitivity.
Workshop to Update the Strategic Plan’ of AIPA Secretariat on Dec. 1-3 in Bangkok
In order to update the planned activities of the Strategic Plan of AIPA Secretariat based on the vision and mission statement of the organization, AIPA Secretariat in cooperation with the Federal Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany and implemented by Deutsche Geselschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (#GIZ) conducted ‘Workshop to Update the Strategic Plan’ of AIPA Secretariat on Dec. 1-3 in Bangkok.
ASEAN PARLIAMENTARIAN NEWS
Indonesia: Indonesia government hands job creation bill to parliament amid protests
JAKARTA (Reuters) – Indonesia’s government handed legislation to parliament on Wednesday to speed up the pace of economic reform and improve the country’s investment climate, prompting a protest by trade unions.
Vietnam: Parliament to approve EU-Vietnam trade deal despite human rights ‘concerns’
The European Parliament is set to approve on Wednesday (12 February) a trade agreement with Vietnam, despite some MEPs and NGOs seeking to postpone their consent until the human rights situation improves in the country.
Philippines: In the Philippines, lawmakers move to make divorce legal
MANILA, Philippines – A Philippine church official has expressed surprise over the speedy acceptance of a bill in the country’s parliament that would legalize divorce.
Laos: To Implement New Income Tax Rates.
On February 17, 2020, Laos’ new Income TaxLaw (Tax Law No. 67/NA) will come into effect. The law replaces Tax Law No. 70/NA, which was issued in 2015 and sets out the latest tax rates for businesses and employees.