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Ho Chi Minh City wishes to promote its relations with Malaysian localities and businesses, said a municipal leader.

Vietnam shipped a total 34.18 million USD worth of tra fish to Malaysia this year to mid-October, a year-on-year surge of 23.6 percent, according to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP).

The Sumatran rhino is now officially extinct in Malaysia after the last surviving individual died in captivity on November 24.

The UK has agreed to take back 42 containers of plastic waste illegally shipped to Malaysia, officials said on November 25.

A fire broke out at an illegal dumpsite containing 270 drums of chemicals in Kuala Selangor, Malaysia’s Selangor state on early November 25.

Malaysian authorities said on November 21 that they have busted the country’s largest-ever online investment scam syndicate with the arrest of 680 Chinese nationals in a single raid.

The Embassy of Vietnam in Malaysia participated in an international charity bazaar held on November 19 by the Association of Spouses of Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Malaysia (SOHOM).

Indonesian Defence Minister Prabowo Subianto has been on a two-day visit to Malaysia to promote bilateral defence ties.

Police in Malaysia’s Penang state arrested 10 women working as prostitutes at a hotel in Jelutong, including six Thais, two Indonesians and two Vietnamese, on November 14.

A Malaysia court on November 11 ordered the country’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak to present his defence against seven charges in a case linked to a scandal surrounding the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund.

The first Vietnam Market in Malaysia with 200 pavilions is scheduled to open in March 2020.

The US is considering hosting an APEC summit in January 2020 after Chile dropped plans to stage the event, Malaysian Foreign Minister Saifuddin Abdullah said on November 7.

The Government of Malaysia is looking to locate at least 18 billion ringgit (equivalent to 4.34 billion USD) worth of further assets linked to a scandal at the state fund 1MDB.

Founder of the medical charity MERCY Malaysia Jemilah Mahmood has won the ASEAN Prize 2019 for her leading role in various humanitarian missions and disaster management in the region.