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Business
Healthy success: Vietnam is world’s second most successful country in handling CVOVID-19 pandemic
HANOI: Vietnam is Asia’s most successful country in handling the coronavirus pandemic and the world’s second best, a performance index published by the Sydney-based Lowy Institute indicates. The COVID Performance Index – Deconstructing Pandemic Responses showed that countries in Asia-Pacific proved the most successful in dealing with the pandemic, while…
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Hundreds of cattle die in severe cold weather in northern Vietnam
By Phong Lan- Deputy head of the World News Desk Dantri Online Newspaper HANOI: More than 600 cattle have died after days of extreme cold weather in some northern and central mountainous regions of Vietnam, the Central Committee for Flood and Storm Control said Wednesday in a report. A…
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Politics
Free COVID-19 vaccines for all Koreans; inoculation to start next month
SEOUL: President Moon Jae-in said Monday that the government would provide all South Korean people with free-of-charge COVID-19 vaccines in phases starting next month. “[The government] will make sure that all of the people will be inoculated free of charge in accordance with priorities,” he said in his New Year’s…
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Elation, pride in Cambodia as its first drop of oil makes history
By Chhay Sophal Thisiscn, Cambodia PHNOM PENH: Waiting for years, Cambodia’s dream is becoming true on Tuesday and it is the Kingdom’s pride under Prime Minister Hun Sen’s government leadership. The APSARA oil field in Block A can ease import petroleum products and it can make the Kingdom move…
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Yemeni riyal on ‘rebound’ 20% against U.S. dollar as people voice optimism over new government
By Peter Song Reporter at Asia N SEOUL: The Yemeni riyal has risen by more than 20% enabling the Yemeni economy has entered a recovery phase, “Arab News” reported on December 20. The riyal rose from 925 riyals (about 4,093 KRW) to 750 riyals (about 3,300 KRW) against the U.S.…
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Kyrgyzstan’s participation in Belt and Road Initiative is vital for country
By Nurzhan Kasmalieva Reporter, Kyrgyzstan BISHBECK: Kyrgyz and Chinese, who were linked by the Silk Road in ancient times, now are linked by the joint One Belt, One Road project. The Belt and Road initiative, announced by Chinese leader Xi Jinping in 2013, unites the Silk Road Economic Belt and the…
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Sri Lankan State Minister Cabraal says S&P ratings downgrading “extremely biased”
By Peter Jaegeul Song Head of Foreign Cooperation Department – AJA COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan government criticized the international ratings agency Standard and Poor’s for being “extremely biased” in regard to the decision to downgrade Sri Lanka’s credit rating, Xinhua news of China and Bloomberg news of the U.S. have…
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It all began in Wuhan: An inside story
By Crispin Maslog Chair of the Board, Asian Media Information and Communication Centre (AMIC) WUHAN: “Around 9:30 a.m. on 22 January 2020, my brother and I were walking on the street to the library in Wuhan,” Ling Zhu said. Ling is a young Chinese from Wuhan who just finished her…
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In world’s first, lab-grown chicken for Singaporeans
By Ivan Lim Former AJA President, Contributor to AsiaN SINGAPORE: A culinary surprise awaits Singapore chicken rice lovers. Their next meal of the healthier white-meat dish may come, not from a farm, but straight out of a laboratory. On December 2, United States food technology start-up Eat Just received the…
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South Asia
Second wave of Covid-19 grips Pakistan
By Nasir Aijaz The AsiaN Representative Islamabad: The second wave of novel coronavirus has gripped Pakistan, compelling the government to again close down the educational institutions, impose a ban on visiting the shrines, curtail the business timings and strike ‘smart lockdown’ in specific areas identified as hubs of the pandemic.…
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