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 […]
Cambodia’s temporarily laid-off workers to get just $70
Long Kimmarita The Phnom Penh Post Tue, April 7, 2020 The government decided that employers would pay laid-off garment workers $30 and the government would pay $40 instead of the […]
Bringing layers of Borneo to the Brits
By Vicky Fong New Sarawak Tribune April 4, 2020 Sarawak Kek Lapis A new business is brewing in the United Kingdom that revolves about the traditional layer cake known as […]
MALAYSIA – RM30,850.00 of food aid distributed in one day to Orang Asli (Indigenous People)
Center for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC) Wed, April 8, 2020 20 villages were able to distribute their food rations on Tuesday (7 April 2020). There were 4 Temuan villages in […]
Five more months to business as usual: Indonesia business players
Eisya A. Eloksari and Riska Rahman The Jakarta Post Tue, April 7, 2020 Blok M Square shopping center looks empty after Indonesia takes emergency measures to prevent the spread of […]
Indonesia – This Is How Local Quarantine Should Be Done
BY :ASNI OVIER, NUR YASMIN JAKARTA GLOBE TUE, APRIL 7, 2020 Posters warning people not to enter a quarantine area in Hitu Lama village, Ambon, Central Maluku. (Photo courtesy of […]
Hanoi protests Beijing over sinking Vietnamese fishing boat in South China Sea
Linh Pham The Hanoi Times Sat, Apr 4, 2020 Vietnam’s fishing boat operating within Vietnamese waters. Photo: VnExpress Vietnam demands China to investigate the case and compensate the victims. HANOI […]
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