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Malaysia will launch a drug prevention campaign early 2020, the Malaysian Home Ministry announced on October 16.

Hundreds of schools in Malaysia have been forced to close due to poor air quality, blamed on smoke drifting in from forest fires in neighbouring Indonesia.

Indonesian authorities on September 4 arrested three people on suspicion of involvement with the Eastern Indonesia Mujahideen (MIT), a militant group linked to the self-claimed Islamic State (IS).

Malaysia is studying another offer of Samurai bond from Japan, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Major newspapers of Malaysia carried various articles ahead of the upcoming official visit to Vietnam of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and his spouse, which will take place on August 27-28.

The Malaysian Government has yet to decide on whether the country would ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) or not, the local news agency Bernama quoted an official as saying.

Credit cards belonging to Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak were used to spend over 3.3 million RM (800,000 USD) in a single day at a luxury jeweller in Italy, a court in Kuala Lumpur has heard during his trial.

Malaysian Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Salahuddin Ayub and Indonesia’s Marine and Fisheries Minister Susi Pudjiastuti have discussed issues related to fisheries and illegal fishing in the waters of both countries.

The best way for ASEAN to approach the East Sea issue and the finalisation of the Code of Conduct (COC) is through one voice as a group, said former Foreign Minister of Indonesia, Marty Natalegawa on June 26.

Dozens of people have fallen ill and hundreds of schools have been closed in Malaysia due to toxic fumes believed to have come from a chemical factory in Pasir Gudang district of Johor state.

Ten Malaysian fishermen were kidnapped by suspected Islamic State-linked militants off Borneo island on June 18 and were taken to the southern Philippines, local police said.

Malaysia will send 3,000 tonnes of plastic waste back to the countries it originated from, said Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment, and Climate Change Yeo Bee Yin.

Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on May 25 that the Government is looking to attract more foreign investment to foster the national economy and strengthen the ringgit – the local currency.

Malaysia will expand its halal services to 10 new countries, including Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Egypt, Turkmenistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Malaysian police have detained four men suspected for plotting assassinations and terror attacks during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The 44th Executive Board Meeting of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA), hosted by the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) in Hanoi from April 18-20, has highlighted the important role played by professional journalism in the context of the emergence of social media and challenges posed by it.

Representatives from members of the Organisation of Asia-Pacific News Agencies (OANA) and guest agencies have highly valued the theme of the 44th OANA Executive Board Meeting (OANA 44), along with the efforts of the Vietnam News Agency (VNA) as host.

The relations between India and Malaysia will flourish via regular high-level visits and active engagements in such fields as defence, economic, political, cultural and people-to-people exchanges, said India’s High Commissioner to Malaysia Mridul Kumar.

Director of the National News Agency Bernama of Malaysia Nurini Kassim has highlighted professional journalism and the need for press agencies to affirm their prestige today during an interview with the Vietnam News Agency (VNA)’s reporters.

Malaysian secondary school students now have access to knowledge on the local legislative system via the ‘From Courtroom to Classroom’ (MYC2C) programme.