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Eight of the new patients boarded a flight from Russia and landed at Cam Ranh International Airport in the south-central province of Khanh Hoa on November 11, according to the Ministry of Health. … [Read more...] about 10 imported COVID-19 cases from Russia, France recorded in Vietnam

Jakarta (VNA) - The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) have released the Ready for the Dry Years: Building Resilience to Drought in Southeast Asia report. In the joint op-ed, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations and Executive Secretary of ESCAP, and Dato Lim Jock Hoi, Secretary-General of ASEAN, held that South-East Asia has long endured severe droughts, which occur on average every five years. The prolonged 2015 and 2018 droughts were the worst on record for two decades. They simultaneously affected more than 70 percent of the land area, with over 325 million people exposed. No ASEAN member States was spared from the devastating impacts including the disruption to livelihoods and food security, as well as forest fires and haze. The drivers of drought risk in South-East Asia are inherently complex, resulting in considerable year-to-year variations. … [Read more...] about Building resilience to drought in Southeast Asia

In Tam Thanh fishing village, many locals have given up their traditional fishing job and moved to other places after selling their land to outsiders, Thuong said. The newcomers rebuilt houses, damaging the murals on the walls and the local identity. … [Read more...] about Randomness, lack of curation cause bumpy ride for public art