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Vietnam's most powerful leader Nguyen Phu Trong dies
Bloomberg News, Published on 19/07/2024
» HANOI - Nguyen Phu Trong, Vietnam's Communist Party chief and the country’s most powerful official, has died, according to a government statement.
Crisis at billionaire Charoen’s insurance firms rattles industry
Bloomberg News, Published on 24/02/2022
» Thailand’s richest man, Charoen Sirivadhanabhakdi, built a 516-billion-baht fortune mostly from liquor and retailing. He’s had a tougher ride in the financial sector.
Tickets sales for Malaysia-Singapore travel resume
Bloomberg News, Published on 21/01/2022
» Tickets for flights and bus journeys between Singapore and Malaysia resumed sales on Friday, as the city-state reported a lower number of new daily Covid-19 cases but a rising infection growth rate.
Surging cases dim holidays: Covid world update
Bloomberg News, Published on 26/12/2021
» Coronavirus cases surged across the globe, darkening the holiday weekend. China reported the highest number of local infections since January, as an outbreak in Shaanxi province presents one of the government’s biggest challenges yet to its Zero Covid policy.
Omicron spreads; threat of new variant questioned: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 02/12/2021
» The Omicron variant of Covid-19 continued to spread globally, with new infections discovered in countries including the US, Norway, Ireland and South Korea.
Travel curbs go global: Virus Update
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/11/2021
» The World Health Organization and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control said a new strain discovered by South African researchers is a "variant of concern" as global markets swooned at the prospect of a setback in the fight against the coronavirus.
Vietnam expects to fully vaccinate all adults by year’s end
Bloomberg News, Published on 22/11/2021
» Vietnam Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh directed local officials to accelerate Covid-19 shots in order to fully vaccinate all adults aged 18 and older this year, surpassing the nation’s inoculation target, the cabinet’s news portal reported.
Philippines likens Biden to Roosevelt, says US won on vaccines
Bloomberg News, Published on 14/07/2021
» The Philippines’ top diplomat compared Joe Biden to the president that led America through World War II, saying the US’s success in vaccinating the public showed democracies were superior to autocracies.
Myanmar renews flight ban, curfew
Bloomberg News, Published on 01/07/2021
» Myanmar extended a series of measures by one month to fight Covid-19, as the country reported 1,580 new infections on Wednesday, the highest one-day tally in seven months, according to the Central Committee on Covid-19 Control.
India cases surge; CDC's J&J talk ends without vote: Virus update
Bloomberg News, Published on 15/04/2021
» India reported more than 200,000 new infections on Thursday, its highest one-day surge since the pandemic broke out. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention panel ended discussion of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine without taking a vote, while J&J itself said it continues to believe in the positive benefit-risk profile of its Covid-19 shot.