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Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 24

Vietjet flies Vietnamese citizens home from Myanmar

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 21

Eight wide-body aircraft transport Vietnamese medical supplies to US

Myanmar seizes Southeast Asia's biggest synthetic drugs

Myanmar authorities have uncovered and seized Southeast Asia’s biggest-ever volume of synthetic drugs.

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 21

Doctors to transfer British pilot to Cho Ray Hospital before lung transplant

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia May 8

Export of drugs used for COVID-19 treatment to be resumed

Budgets for SEA Games and ParaGames cut due to coronavirus

The coronavirus has impacted sports this year and now 2021 events are starting to feel the pinch, including the 31st Southeast Asian Games and the 11th ParaGames in Vietnam.

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia on April 21

Vietnamese believe the country will recover quickly after COVID-19

Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia April 19

Vietnam reports no new COVID-19 cases over three days

Latest covid-19 news in Vietnam and Southeast Asia

 

Vietnamese stuck at Thai airport get help

 

COVID-19 to force millions of Southeast Asian labourers to lose jobs

Millions of labourers in Southeast Asia could lose their jobs as economies grind to a halt due to impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a report by the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

Lark available for free across the Southeast Asia region

Singapore’s Lark Technologies Pte Ltd has made its digital collaboration suite, Lark, available for free across Southeast Asia, including Viet Nam. 

 

Vietnamese flock home from overseas

As more and more countries throughout Asia and Europe start to close borders with the COVID-19 pandemic showing no signs of abating, thousands of Vietnamese citizens are rushing home.

Vietnam gains high position in 2020 Asia Girls Report

Vietnam is among the three leading countries in South Asia and Southeast Asia in the 2020 Asia Girls Report which was released by Plan International on March 5.

Vietnam sit on top of ASEAN in 2019

Vietnam end 2019 as the Southeast Asian No 1 team, following the December rankings released by FIFA on December 19.

African swine fever: Fears rise as virus spreads to Indonesia

Indonesia has become the latest Asian country to face an outbreak of African swine fever, a deadly pig virus devastating farmers across the region.

Egypt’s travel company invests $300 million in Vietnam

Egypt’s Wanna Explore Travel Limited has been licensed to provide services of operating tours and other direct support for air transportation in Vietnam.

Southeast Asia’s GDP growth to remain at 4.5 percent in 2020

Economic growth across Southeast Asia will slow to 4.5 per cent in 2019 and remain unchanged in 2020, amidst high risks of a re-escalation in trade tensions.

Vietnam’s booming fintech funding on Singapore’s heels

Vietnamese financial technology startups are quickly catching up with Singapore in attracting Southeast Asian venture capital funding, according to the Japan-based Nikkei Asian Review.