Vientiane, June 25 -- The 15th Meeting of the ASEAN - Japan Cooperation Committee on Science and Technology (AJCCST-15) and the 7th Meeting of the ASEAN - Republic of Korea (RoK) Joint Science, Technology and Innovation Committee (AKJSTIC-7) were held in Vientiane, Laos, on June 24. The events took place ahead of the 22th ASEAN Ministerial Meeting on Science, Technology and Innovation (AMMSTI-22), hosted by Laos. Japan remains one of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)'s longest standing and most trusted partners in sci-tech cooperation. Over the years, collaboration between the two sides has delivered tangible outcomes across joint research, human resource development, technology transfer and the building of innovation par...