Myanmar

Hanoi (VNA) - Election campaigns for the general election in Myanmar in November this year officially started on September 8. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, events that take place as part of the campaigns will be limited to a maximum of 50 people. On the previous day, Myanmar State Counsellor Aung San Suu Kyi, who is President of the National League for Democracy (NLD) party, announced to cancel her first campaign on the grounds that the COVID-19 pandemic had deteriorated. On September 6, Myanmar reported 100 new COVID-19 cases - the highest number of cases per day since the pandemic outbreak in March. After weeks with no community infections recorded, in mid-August, the Southeast Asian country discovered an outbreak in the western state of Rakhine. Since then, the number of COVID-19 patients in the country has doubled to 1,610, including 8 deaths as of September 8 morning. … [Read more...] about Myanmar’s election race kicks off

Hanoi (VNA) – Some Southeast Asian countries continued to record sharp rises in the numbers of COVID-19 cases on September 11, with the Philippines still the biggest hotspot in the region. The Philippine Department of Health confirmed an additional 4,040 infections of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, the biggest daily rise over the last 12 days, raising the COVID-19 tally in the nation to 24,947 – the highest in Southeast Asia. The country also saw 42 more related deaths, bringing the total fatalities to 4,066. Under-Secretary of Health Maria Rosario Vergeire said the Philippines is promoting the capacity of the whole healthcare system, with a focus on increasing beds at public hospitals.  The government will also increase COVID-19 testing laboratories and quarantine facilities while installing more bedrooms for medical workers, she added. In Myanmar, 115 new cases were reported on September 11, one day after new lockdown measures had been imposed in an effort to … [Read more...] about Numbers of COVID-19 cases continue increasing in some SEA nations

The ministries of National Defence and Public Security and localities need to control and strictly punish those illegally entering Vietnam, while the ministries of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Finance, and Planning and Investment are asked to continue submitting to the PM measures to carry out the second phase of the social welfare assistance package and propose other packages in support of others, especially the unemployed. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia September 12

In the article, Ngân wrote that 2020 held significant meaning for Việt Nam as the country had assumed three important positions: a non-permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, ASEAN Chair, and Chair of the ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly. These all created favourable conditions for Việt Nam to continue to reaffirm its role and international standing, but also demanded that Việt Nam contribute further to the maintenance of peace, stability and sustainable development in the region and the world. … [Read more...] about ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly an open, effective forum for regional cooperation: top legislator

In Đà Nẵng City, there are four recovered patients at the Đà Nẵng Lung Hospital, including Patient 854, residing in Hải Châu 2 Ward, Hải Châu District; Patient 848, residing in An Hải Đông Ward, Sơn Trà District; Patient 454, residing in Bình Hiên Ward, Hài Châu District; and Patient 451, residing in Hòa Châu Commune, Hòa Vang District. … [Read more...] about Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia September 8