Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on Thursday, with the escalating fighting in strife-torn Myanmar, tension over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea and super-power rivalry in the region expected to top the agenda. (AP video shot by Syawall Zain )

ASEAN foreign ministers meet amid regional problems and superpower tensions

Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) are meeting in Vientiane, the capital of Laos, on Thursday, with the escalating fighting in strife-torn Myanmar, tension over competing territorial claims in the South China Sea and super-power rivalry in the region expected to top the agenda. (AP video shot by Syawall Zain )