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Vietnamese city reimposes distancing after first local infections in months

Vietnam is bracing for a 15-day social distancing campaign from Monday while non-essential business activities have been fully suspended in the central city of Danang s

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Coach plunge kills at least 13 in central Vietnam: media

A tourist coach skidded off a road and plunged into a ravine in Vietnam's central Quang Binh province on Sunday morning, leaving at least 13 people dead and dozens inj

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China's trade with top partner ASEAN up 5.6 pct in H1

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) became China's biggest trading partner in the first half of this year, accounting for 14.7 percent of the nation's t

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China's LGBTQ online community BlueCity listed on Nasdaq

China's BlueCity launched its IPO on the Nasdaq on July 8. Company founder and CEO Ma Baoli is pictured in the middle. Photo/BlueCity China-based BlueCity, an LGBTQ online community launched i

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Vietnam supports HKSAR Basic Law, related regulations

Vietnam respects and supports the "one country, two systems" principle, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Basic Law and other related regulations, a

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ASEAN leaders pledge to ensure no one left behind in changing world of work

Leaders from 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) adopted the ASEAN Declaration on Human Resources Development for the Changing Wo

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Japan to ease travel curbs across the prefectures: Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe Thursday announced to fully ease travel restriction across the prefectures from June 19 under the current situation of COVID-19.Meanwhile, local media reported t

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China proposes ASEAN Plus Three collaboration in epidemic control, economic development

Members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ASEAN Plus Three or APT) should strengthen cooperation in combating COVI

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China-ASEAN trade ties remain resilient despite COVID-19 pandemic: ambassador

The trade relationship between China and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries remains resilient despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese Ambassad

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Asian universities call for solidarity in fight against COVID-19

Fifty-seven universities from 12 Asian countries have jointly called for global solidarity to fight against the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19). In a statement, s

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S. Korea posts trade deficit for 1st time in 99 months

South Korea posted a trade deficit for the first time in 99 months due to a faster fall in export than import, customs office data showed Friday.Trade deficit amounted to 1.39 billion U.S. dollars in

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China's public security ministry donates anti-epidemic supplies to Vietnam

China's Ministry of Public Security on Tuesday donated COVID-19 prevention and control materials to Vietnam's Ministry of Public Security. These materials, including K

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No new COVID-19 case reported in Laos for 30 days

The National Taskforce Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control reported no new case of COVID-19 in Laos for 30 consecutive days, with the total number in the cou

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Southeast Asian lending platform Validus raises $20 million for its Series B+ round

Small- to medium-sized businesses are one of the most important parts of Southeast Asia’s economy, but many have trouble securing growth capital from traditional financial institutions. Validus wants

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JobHopin, a startup that wants to make job hunting in Southeast Asia easier, raises $2.45 million Series A

JobHopin, a Vietnam-based startup building an automated job-recruitment platform for Southeast Asia, announced today that it has closed a $2.45 million Series A. This brings JobHopin’s total raised so

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Chinese companies donate 600,000 masks to ASEAN countries

A total of 600,000 surgical masks donated by five Chinese companies to aid anti-virus efforts in six ASEAN countries have been transported Friday from Nanning, capital

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Singapore’s logistics startup Ninja Van raises $279M

Ninja Van, a Singapore-based logistics startup, has secured an additional $279 million in fresh funding as it works to scale its operations to keep up with the surge in e-commerce deliveries in six So