Malaysian Minister of International Trade and Industry Zafrul Aziz on January 5 affirmed that the Southeast Asian nation will continue implementing contents of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
Indonesia’s Health Minister Budi Gunadi Sadikin has said that the PeduliLindungi application – the COVID-19 contact tracing app used for digital contact tracing in the country, will be used as an individual health data bank and to monitor the population's health on the Satu Sehat (One Health) platform.
The Government will instruct ministries, agencies and localities to implement the 2023 socio-economic development plan with the greatest efforts and strongest determination, Minister-Chairman of the Government Office Tran Van Son said at the Cabinet regular press conference in Hanoi on January 3, citing Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh.
Thailand is set to accelerate digital transformation in 2023 as businesses across the Asia-Pacific have become more engaged in their online journey, driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
A teleconference between the Government and the 63 provinces and centrally-run cities opened on January 3 morning to review the 2022 performance and carry out the Party Central Committee’s conclusions and the National Assembly (NA)’s resolution on the socio-economic development plan for 2023.
The Malaysian Government has been urged to tighten COVID-19 control measures to prevent a possible large-scale spread of the disease when the country welcomes tourists from China.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue on December 30 extended congratulations to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Speaker of the Parliament Amir Ohana of Israel on the establishment of Israel’s new government and election of parliament speaker.
Vietnam has recorded an impressive percentage of women in UN peacekeeping operations, said Caitlin Wiesen, former Resident Representative of the UN Development Programme (UNDP) in Vietnam.
The British Embassy in Hanoi and UNICEF on December 29 handed over 500,000 GBP (over 602,000 USD) in life-saving equipment to the Ministry of Health to assist recovery of Vietnam’s health system.
The Indonesian government is looking to a new agency to boost foreign direct investment (FDI) in the nuclear energy industry, despite concerns surrounding the development of nuclear power plants.
The Indonesian government has decided to discontinue its largest, makeshift COVID-19 hospital occupying the former Asian Games athletes’ village in Jakarta due to a steady decline in new cases.
Foreign experts have dubbed the Vietnamese economy as a miracle in Asia and a bright spot of economic growth in Asia-Pacific as a result of the Vietnamese Government’s sound and effective economic management policies.
The Government has focused on the implementation of law-making and institutional improvement throughout 2022, said Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the government’s last monthly law-making session this year in Hanoi on December 26.
The Lao Government has decided to completely lift the requirement on presenting COVID-19 vaccination certificates and rapid test results within 48 hours upon arrival in the country.
The Thai government is implementing a series of development projects as “New Year’s gifts” to ensure a solid foundation for the southern region's economy, especially southernmost provinces, according to Deputy Government Spokesperson Rachada Dhnadirek.
The Malaysian government’s direct debt stands at 1.07 trillion RM (242.7 billion USD) and the country is unlikely to ever record a surplus fiscal budget in the future, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said when addressing the upper house on December 21.
A 50 million USD loan for Cambodia has been approved by the Manila-based Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support the country’s energy transition programme.
The Government requires enterprises to give sufficient salaries and year-end bonuses to employees, and have policies to encourage workers to return to work after the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday.
The Revenue Department of Thailand expects to meet its target for revenue collection of 2.2 trillion THB (nearly 63.3 billion USD) in fiscal year 2023.
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