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Day: August 28, 2022

Self Care

Malaysia Reported 2,491 New COVID-19 Infections, Five More Deaths

Malaysia reported 2,491 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight, bringing the national total to 4,774,003, according to the health ministry.There are no new imported cases, with all 2,491 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s …

General

Myanmar Designated New Protected Public Forest Area

Myanmar has designated a new protected public forest area, in the west-central region of Magway’s Saw Township.The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation, on Friday, designated the area of 4,827 acres in Saw Township as Phyan prot…

General

Wildfires Burned Over One Million Hectares Of Land In Mongolia So Far This Year

A total of 97 forest and steppe fires have been recorded across Mongolia, since the beginning of this year, destroying 1,051,907 hectares of forest and grassland, the country’s National Emergency Management Agency, said today.The number of registered w…

Key Issues

In Myanmar, Vietnamese firms learn the political risks of backing the junta

Vietnamese firms are confronting political risk from overseas investments as the price of doing business with Myanmar’s brutal military regime, a less predictable partner than the authoritarians they are accustomed to.Vietnam’s largest venture in Myanm…