Malaysia and Indonesia will finalise issues related to the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on the recruitment and placement of domestic workers, during a working visit by Malaysian Minister of Human Resources M. Saravanan to Jakarta on January 24.
Six Indonesian women drowned off Malaysia after their boat capsized during a suspected attempt to enter the country illegally, a senior Malaysian official has said.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo has urged local people to limit outdoor activities, and work from home in the context of rising COVID-19 cases caused by the Omicron variant transmission in the country.
Malaysian senior citizens will be allowed to get their COVID-19 booster shots via walk-in at four integrated vaccination centres in Klang Valley starting on January 19.
Malaysian Senior Defence Minister Hishammuddin Tun Hussein has reaffirmed the importance of strong cooperation with countries, especially member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs Hamzah Zainudin announced on January 13 that his country will establish four more international gateways in Sarawak, Johor and Terengganu in 2022.
The National Recovery Council (NRC) of Malaysia has recommended that the health and home ministries begin talks to study and propose measures to the council for the immediate and safe reopening of the country’s borders.
Director General of the Malaysian Health Ministry Noor Hisham Abdullah said on January 6 that the Drug Control Authority (DCA) of the country has given conditional approval for Pfizer-BioNTech’s Comirnaty jab for children aged between 5 and 11 years old.
Malaysia’s palm oil industry is expected to maintain its 2021 performance this year backed by various marketing and promotional efforts to be conducted by the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities and its agencies.
About 15 percent of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) in Malaysia were temporarily closed due to a lack of funds stemming from the COVID-19 epidemic.
The Health Ministry of Malaysia has shortened the interval period after the second dose for people receiving booster shots of the Pfizer and Astra Zeneca COVID-19 vaccines to three months from the previous duration of six months.
Malaysia has lifted a travel ban on eight southern African countries, which were among the first to report the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin on December 28.
Representatives from the Vietnamese embassy and Vietnamese community in Malaysia have visited and handed over 50 gifts to Vietnamese people who are working and living in Selangor state and affected by the recent flood.
Malaysia's Consumer Price Index (CPI) in November 2021 increased 3.3 percent year-on-year to 124 points, according to the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM).
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on December 23 sent a message of sympathy to Malaysia’s King Abdullah Billah Shah over heavy losses caused by torrential rains and wide-scale flooding in many states of Malaysia.
At least seven people have died and more than 50,000 evacuated from their homes as Malaysia faced some of its worst floods for years, officials said on December 20.
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has downgraded Malaysia's gross domestic product (GDP) growth forecast to 3.8 percent from 4.7 percent for 2021 and 5.9 percent from 6.1 percent next year.
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