Rohingya Activist Urges US to Ramp Up Pressure on Myanmar The United States should increase pressure on Myanmar to end persecution of ethnic minorities and restore the citizenship rights of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya […]
Vietnam Airlines managers’ salaries to be reduced as revenues take hit Vietnam Airlines, whose revenues have been hit badly by the Covid-19 epidemic, has cut the salaries of senior managers by 40 percent this year. […]
Malaysian PM sworn in amid questions over legitimacy A former interior minister was sworn in as Malaysia’s prime minister on Sunday amid questions over his legitimacy and protests from the country’s former leader Mahathir Mohamad, […]
Myanmar govt reveals 58 national development projects in project bank The government revealed 58 national development projects during the launch of its online project bank website yesterday. — Myanmar Times Myanmar exports over 45,000 tons […]
Vietnam May Back Off From Coal as Plants Get Harder to Build Vietnam may scale back a plan to boost coal’s role in its power generation as financial restrictions and local environmental concerns make it […]
Celcom, Digi, Maxis inks MOU to explore joint fibre infrastructure development Celcom Axiata Bhd, Digi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd and Maxis have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to explore joint fibre infrastructure development to efficiently […]
MoPFI launches ‘Project Bank’ website to assist development programmes The Ministry of Planning, Finance and Industry, in coordination with GIZ Myanmar, introduced the Myanmar Project Bank website yesterday morning. — The Global New Light of […]
Vinalines to lose more than $42.7 million from Covid-19 epidemic Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) estimated it would lose VNĐ992 billion (US$42.7 million) in seaport-related revenue and VNĐ224 billion in profit in the first two […]
Malaysia’s Pakatan Harapan coalition backs Anwar as PM The announcement comes following the resignation of Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on Monday. — Aljazeera Malaysia, Singapore agree to align entry screening protocols, other measures to tackle […]
Myanmar-China Border Trade Drops US$200 M Amid Coronavirus Outbreak Bilateral border trade between Myanmar and China declined by US$209 million from Jan. 23 to Feb. 18 compared to the same period last year due to […]
Vietnam Airlines restores some inflight services thanks to COVID-19 fight The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has restored some services on domestic and international flights with durations of less than 2.5 hours since February 24, […]
Perak customs seize contraband cigarettes, alcohol worth over RM2m The Perak Customs Department confiscated two million sticks of cigarettes of various brands worth RM2 million (tax included), during an inspection at a house in Sitiawan, […]