Japan gives $20m to ASEAN fund

Japan gives $20m to ASEAN fund

TOKYO (AFP): Japan has agreed to give US$20 million to a
Southeast Asian fund designed to promote education, training and
business exchanges in the region, the foreign ministry said on
Thursday.

The Japanese government and representatives from the
Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) signed documents
to confirm the deal in Jakarta. It was the first contribution to
the fund from a non-ASEAN nation.

ASEAN groups Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Laos, Myanmar, the
Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.