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Southeast Asia links: China-Vietnam tensions, ASEAN, Thailand's PM, Sharia and more

Elliot Brennan

Published 13 May 2014 Follow @elliotbrennan

Who is Thailand's new caretaker prime minister?
As Vietnam's economy and anti-corruption campaigns improve, we need to reassess our outlook of the country, argues Hunter Marston on CogitAsia
The OECD launches a new partnership with Southeast Asia.
The Pacific Forum CSIS reports on its first Myanmar-US/UK Nonproliferation Dialogue
Malaysia to develop a nuclear industry? Comments by Malaysia's Permanent Representative to the UN seem to suggest as much.
On the back of Brunei's new Sharia law, there is renewed discussion of Malaysia taking up the legal system too.
At 7.3%, unemployment in the Philippines is the highest in ASEAN, according to an ILO report.
South China Sea tensions between Vietnam and China dominated this weekend's ASEAN summit in Myanmar, while the Rohingya issue was left off the agenda. The ASEAN Chairman's opening remarks are here.
And lastly, the hot news this week, a video of China reportedly ramming a Vietnamese Coast Guard vessel:

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