Vietnam kicks off financial relief package for 20 million vulnerable people
Hai Yen – D.Tung The Hanoi Times Fri, Apr 10, 2020 Photo: VGP. HANOI – The decree is set to cover six beneficiary groups of up to 20 million people […]
Cambodia PM Hun Sen vows to maintain peace, reform
Niem Chheng | The Phnom Penh Post Thu, April 9, 2020 Prime Minister Hun Sen said the government will try to maintain peace, political stability, security and social order, and […]
EU Pledges Support for Women Garment Factory Workers in Myanmar
By Nyein Nyein The Irrawaddy Thu, April 9, 2020 Female factory workers in the Hlaing Thar Yar Industrial Zone are seen on April 2, 2020. / Myo Min Soe / […]
MYANMAR – MIC halves application fees for investors as coronavirus bites
The Myanmar Times Thu, April 9, 2020 Downtown Yangon – Myanmar Times photo Investors who wish to apply for permission to invest in the country will enjoy a 50 percent […]
Vientiane Economic Officials Patrol Wet Markets, Enforce Price Controls
By Francis Savankham The Laotian Times Wed, April 8, 2020 Vientiane officials patrol Huakhua Market for opportunistic price gouging of essential goods such as pork. Photo courtesy of Vientiane Mai. […]
Malaysia Health Ministry Friendship
NST Online Thu, April 9, 2020 Photos: NSTP Asyraf Hamzah KUALA LUMPUR ‘…for good times, and bad times, I’ll be by your side forever more, that’s what friends are […]
European companies ask EU to postpone Cambodia EBA withdrawal
Sok Chan and Yeshi Dema Khmer Times Thu, April 9, 2020 The government is to support 40 percent and the private sector 30 percent of wages despite garment factories closing. […]
Cambodia tourism ‘to take longer to recover from pandemic than other sectors’
Khmer Times Thu April 9, 2020 Phnom Penh. Photo: Tourism Cambodia PHNOM PENH – The tourism sector, which is the most vulnerable industry from the spread of Coronavirus, will see […]
Vietnam donates half million face masks to five European countries crippled by Covid-19
Minh Anh The Hanoi Times Tue, April 2020 Vietnamese Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and four European ambassadors at the symbolic handover in Hanoi, April 7, 2020. Photo: Vietnam’s […]
Popular Phuket based Facebook page attacks foreigners and tourists in Thailand over virus
by Joseph O’ Connor Thai Examiner Wed, April 8, 2020 Two people reported to be associated with the Spotlight Thailand Facebook page seen online yesterday together with a derogatory remark […]
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