Both host and guest agreed to usher in a new phase of bilateral cooperation with specific measures.

Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte said on February 7 that her lawyers were preparing for a legal battle in her upcoming impeachment trial.

Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia Tan Sri Dato' Johari Bin Abdul and his spouse will pay an official visit to Vietnam.

The Thai House of Representatives on August 16 elected the Pheu Thai party's leader Paetongtarn Shinawatra as the 31st Prime Minister with 319 votes for, 145 votes against and 27 abstentions.

Thai King Maha Vajiralongkorn has given his approval for Srettha Thavisin to assume the office of the country's prime minister, spokesperson for the House of Representatives Kampee Ditthakorn said.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh received members of the Japanese National Diet with constituency in Hiroshima on May 21, within the framework of his trip to attend the G7 expanded Summit in Hiroshima and pay a working visit to Japan.

Millions of voters in Thailand on May 14 cast ballots to elect members of a new 500-seat House of Representatives for the next four years.

A delegation of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) led by its Vice Chairman Nguyen Duc Hai paid a working visit to Egypt from November 25-29.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc met Japan’s Speaker of the House of Representatives Hosoda Hiroyuki on September 26 as part of his trip to the country to attend the state funeral for late Prime Minister Abe Shinzo.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc has lauded young parliamentarians of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) of Japan for their deep understanding of the traditional ties between the Vietnamese and Japanese people, saying it laid an important foundation to continue fostering bilateral ties.

Politburo member and Chairwoman of the Vietnam – Japan Friendship Parliamentarians’ Group Truong Thi Mai has affirmed that Vietnam always highly values Japan’s effective cooperation and support in national development over the past years.

The Thai Senate approved a national budget bill for fiscal year 2021 after a six-hour debate in the Parliament on September 21.

Thailand’s House of Representatives on September 18 night passed the budget bill worth 3.285 trillion THB (about 105 billion USD) for fiscal year 2021.

Azhar Azizan Harun, Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia, on September 8 affirmed the Malaysian Parliament’s undivided support of the remarkable efforts by AIPA members towards the realisation and collaboration of a greater ASEAN.

Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on July 13 won in a key parliamentary vote seen as an important barometer of support for the leader.

The Thai House of Representatives on July 3 passed a 3.3 trillion THB (106 billion USD) budget bill for the 2021 fiscal year, with 273 for, 200 against and 3 abstentions.

The House of Representatives of Indonesia has approved the Government’s plan to cut diesel subsidy by 50 percent to 500 RP (0.35 USD) per litre next year, on the back of expectations that crude oil prices will remain low in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Parliament of Malaysia sit for the first time on May 18 since the PN government came to power, with King Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Ahmad Shah’s speech being the only item on agenda.

The Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs will allocate 100 billion Rp (some 6.1 million USD) from its 2020 budget for the protection of Indonesian citizens living abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Indonesian Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has proposed new duties on sweetened drinks, polluting vehicles and plastic bags, to control consumption of the products in Southeast Asia's largest economy.