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Malaysia's Ministry of Human Resources (MOHR) announced that it has approved a quota for recruiting 541,315 foreign workers as of September 1.

Thailand will extend the suspension of its quarantine waiver programme and bring in new restrictions after a jump in new coronavirus cases linked to the Omicron variant, the Thai Government's COVID-19 task force said on January 7.

The US, Japan, Singapore, Cambodia and Taiwan (China) have agreed with Vietnam’s plan on resuming international air services from January.

Vietnam has proven that it has strong and durable institutions that could protect the country’s public health through future pandemics, according to an article recently published on the website brookings.edu of the US-based Brookings Institution.

The northern province of Bac Giang, Vietnam’s largest COVID-19 hotspot at present, had logged over 300 new infections as of the afternoon of May 25, the Ministry of Health (MoH)’s special taskforce in the province said.

Southeast Asian countries continued to record an increasing number of new COVID-19 cases on May 13.

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on May 5 sent an urgent dispatch requiring the strict implementation of concentrated quarantine regulations and post-quarantine management.

Vietnam will not change its current tactics in pandemic control amid the detection of new variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus, the standing board of the Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said, asking relevant forces to continue keeping a close watch on the situation, and maintain strong guard against outside threats while intensifying preventive measures in the country.

Cambodia’s Inter-Ministerial Committee to Combat COVID-19 on December 5 announced new regulations on the implementation of disease prevention measures and quarantine for all travelers entering the country, which will be effective from December 12.

The male flight attendant who was confirmed as COVID-19 Patient No.1342 violated disease prevention regulations while under concentrated and stay-at-home quarantine, thus making him and another man (Patient No.1347) be infected with the SARS-CoV-2, Ho Chi Minh City’s Health Department has affirmed.

The Ministry of Education and Training (MoET) has recommended Vietnamese students abroad consider carefully before returning to Vietnam due to the risks of spreading COVID-19 and travel restrictions imposed by many countries.

A seminar was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 11 to help local businesses gain an insight into the Republic of Korea’s (RoK) regulations on plant protection product residues on farm produce exported to this market.

Australia, which needs to import 1.7 – 2 billion USD of fruit and vegetable each year, is a potential market for Vietnamese fruit and vegetable.