KUALA LUMPUR— A total of 22,851,542 individuals or 97.6 per cent of the adult population in Malaysia have completed their COVID-19 vaccination as of Wednesday.Based on the Health Ministry’s COVIDNOW portal, 23,146,049 individuals or 98.9 per cent of th…
HANOI– Vietnam welcomed some 157,300 international arrivals in 2021, plunging 95.9 percent on year, mainly due to impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the country’s General Statistics Office said yesterday.Foreign visitors entering the country by air acco…
PHNOM PENH – Cambodia, the incoming chair of ASEAN for 2022, vowed to strengthen ASEAN centrality, in order to maintain and uphold peace, security and prosperity, the country’s Foreign Minister, Prak Sokhonn, said yesterday.Speaking during a diplomatic…
UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council condemned last week’s massacre in Myanmar of more than 30 people, including two Save the Children staff, that was blamed on junta troops.The killings took place on Christmas Eve in eastern Kayah
BANGKOK— Malaysian-Thai Chamber of Commerce (MTCC) is to raise funds for the Centre for Orang Asli Concerns (COAC), to help support the post-flood rebuilding efforts.MTCC Chairwoman Dr Hwee Khim Boo said the initiative involved almost 800 households im…
MANILA – The Philippines banned firecrackers, to avoid injuries and deaths, during the New Year revelry to welcome 2022, a government official said yesterday.Interior Secretary, Eduardo Ano, ordered local governments and the national police, to crack t…
