Myanmar's Yangon int'l airport reopens after two-year suspension
NDO/VNA - Myanmar reopened the Yangon International Airport on April 17, more than two years after the country suspended all commercial flights due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
World News in Brief: April 17
A summit between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and the United States is rescheduled for May 12-13 in the US capital city of Washington, according to an ASEAN chair's press statement released late on Saturday. Cambodia is the ASEAN chair for 2022.
Fuel ship sinks off Tunisia, threatening environmental disaster
Tunisian authorities intensified efforts on Saturday to avoid an environmental disaster after a merchant fuel ship carrying one thousand tons of fuel sank off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two security sources told Reuters.
Philippines: death toll from storm Megi rises to 167
NDO/VNA - The death toll from landslides and flooding in the Philippines caused by tropical storm Megi has risen to 167, with 110 still missing, the Philippine government reported on April 16.
RoK to lift most COVID curbs next week as Omicron wanes
The Republic of Korea said on Friday it will drop most COVID-19 pandemic-related restrictions next week including a midnight curfew on eateries as the Omicron surge in cases shows signs of waning, although people will still have to wear masks.
World News in Brief: April 14
Indonesia's foreign debt was recorded at 416.3 billion USD in February, up from 413.6 billion USD in the previous month, the Bank Indonesia said on Thursday.
India likely to get average monsoon rains in 2022 - weather office
India is likely to receive normal monsoon rains this year, the state-run weather office said on Thursday, raising prospects of higher farm and general growth in Asia's third-biggest economy.
Optimistic outlook for economic growth of ASEAN+3
NDO/VNA - The ASEAN+3 Macroeconomic Research Office (AMRO) on April 12 published its annual ASEAN+3 Regional Economic Outlook (AREO) 2022 which forecasts the region’s growth at 4.7 percent this year and 4.6 percent in 2023, with growth for ASEAN at 5.1 and 5.2 percent, respectively.
Indonesia, Canada agree to enhance economic cooperation
NDO/VNA - Indonesia and Canada have agreed to intensify economic cooperation, especially on trade, investment, and energy transition.
Russia-Ukraine conflict and fear of a food crisis
NDO - As the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, the world’s two largest wheat exporters, have not “cooled down”, the gloomy prospect of a global food crisis looms. The fear of food insecurity is no longer a story of just one country or region.
Multi-value in the development of carbon services
(VAN) The Low-carbon Agriculture Value Chain Development Project in collaboration with the World Bank will inherit many values of the VnSAT Project.
World News in Brief: April 5
The developing East Asia and Pacific countries is projected to grow by 5 percent in 2022 amid the resurgence of COVID-19 pandemic, tighter financial conditions and the Russia-Ukraine war, the World Bank said Monday.