Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, April 26

Mitsubishi Motors Corp. following its submission of evidence showing it had falsified data on the fuel efficiency of some of its own and its client's vehicles, also said Tuesday methods used to collect data pertaining to fuel economy were not in line with Japanese standards.

The embattled automaker said that it had not complied with Japanese protocols on such data collection since 1981 and had opted, instead, to use favorable methodology for testing the efficiency of four minicars that would aggrandize the results by as much as 10 percent. (Japan-Mitsubishi-Scandal)

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NEW DELHI -- After months of delay and cancellation, the foreign secretaries of India and Pakistan Tuesday met in New Delhi in a bid to revive engagement.

Indian Foreign Secretary S. Jaishankar and his Pakistani counterpart Aizaz Ahmed Chaudhry held a meeting on the sidelines of a regional conference in Indian capital city. (India-Paksitan-FMs)

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HANOI -- Vietnam is currently free of Zika cases, but preventative measures are ongoing to prevent possible outbreaks in the future, the Department of Preventive Medicine said on Tuesday.

The south-central coastal Khanh Hoa province and southern Ho Chi Minh City, some 1,130 km south of capital Hanoi, declared the end of Zika outbreak at the communal level on April 22 as there are no further cases detected within 24 days since detection of the virus in the regions. (Vietnam-Zika)

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JAKARTA -- Indonesian President Joko Widodo will hold talks with military chiefs and foreign ministers from the Philippine and Malaysia this week to step up maritime security after the kidnapping of Indonesians at sea by Abu Sayyaf terrorist group.

The president said that the meeting would discuss a joint patrol to secure the shipping lane at the waters, which are frequently passed by ships. (Indonesia-Abu Sayyaf-Kidnapping) Endit