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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Doctors, medical students entertain people at quarantine centre by singing
By Phu Ei Ei Nwe Mizzima Sat, Apr 4, 2020 People under facility quarantine listen to the music from their balconies. Photo credit to Thein Htein Doctors and medical students […]
Myanmar journalists start “Journalism is not a Crime” campaign online
Ei Ei Toe Lwin the Myanmar Times Fri, Apr 3, 2020 Ko Nay Myo Lin (centre) is escorted by police during his arrest in Mandalay. Photo – Supplied Myanmar journalists […]
Volunteers, Govt Staff Fighting COVID-19 in Myanmar Face Discrimination
By Moe Moe The Irrawaddy Thu, April 2, 2020 Nurses conduct health checks on people who have returned from outside the country in Naypyitaw in March. / Aung Thiha […]
Myanmar’s Cardinal: China Must Compensate World for COVID-19
By San Yamin Aung The Irrawaddy April 3, 2020 Cardinal Charles Bo in Yangon in December 2018 / Myo Min Soe / The Irrawaddy YANGON—The leader of Myanmar’s Catholics, Cardinal […]
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