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Indonesia reported 160 deaths due to COVID-19 on September 22, the highest death toll in a single day so far, raising the total to 9,837.

No new COVID-19 cases were recorded overnight, making the tally stay unchanged at 1068, the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said on September 22 morning.

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has recently decided to ease an overseas travel ban on the country’s nurses and other medical workers to allow more to take jobs abroad.

Vietnam recorded no COVID-19 infections on September 21, making it the 19th day in a row without community transmission.

Vietnam’s GDP growth this year can reach 2 – 3 percent, according to former director of the General Statistics Office (GSO) Nguyen Bich Lam.

Without new cases of COVID-19 to report on September 21 morning, the number of infections in Vietnam stays unchanged, at 1,068.

The COVID-19 tally in Vietnam remained at 1,068 as of 6pm of September 20, as there were no new infections to report over the last 12 hours.

A total of 444 people were arrested in Myanmar in a week for violating a curfew imposed in some regions and states as a measure to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Myanmar Police Force's figures announced on September 20.

Sun World Ba Na Hills, one of the top tourist attractions in the central city of Da Nang, reopened to the public on September 20 after the city has recorded no new COVID-19 cases for weeks.

Vietnam had no new COVID-19 cases to report on September 20 morning, keeping the national count at 1,068, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Vietnam confirmed no new COVID-19 cases on September 19 afternoon, keeping the national count at 1,068, according to the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control.

Those entering Vietnam from September 1 have to pay costs of their quarantine at concentrated facilities, as Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal related to this issue.

For the first time in six months, Vietnam Airlines' first routine international commercial flight took off from Hanoi on September 19 morning, heading to Japan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc told the Ministry of Transport to continue to plan the resumption of more international flights, but in a “controlled” manner.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on September 18 evening confirmed two more imported COVID-19 cases in Vietnam, bringing the country’s total number of infections to 1,068.

Domestics airlines have said they are ready for the restart of international flights, after routes to and from foreign destinations were closed for almost half a year to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

Those entering Vietnam from September 1 have to pay costs of their quarantine at concentrated facilities, as Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc recently agreed with the Finance Ministry’s proposal related to this issue.

Indonesian Minister for National Development Planning Suharso Monoarfa and European Union (EU) Ambassador to Indonesia and Brunei Vincent Piket launched the publication EU-Indonesia Cooperation 2020: “Building Capacity for Green Growth” during an online event on September 17.

Ambassador Pham Hai Anh, Deputy Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the UN, has expressed concern at seeing no improvement in the humanitarian situation in Syria in the face of a much broader spread of COVID-19.

The Vietnam International Travel Mart 2020 (VITM) is scheduled to take place from November 18-21 after being postponed twice due to COVID-19.