Indonesia issues visa on arrival for tourists from 23 countries
NDO/VNA - The Indonesian Law and Human Rights Ministry Directorate General of Immigration has reintroduced the visa on arrival option for tourists from 23 countries, including Vietnam, arriving in Bali as of March 7.
Russia, Ukraine end 3rd round of peace talks with no significant results
Russian and Ukrainian negotiators failed to achieve significant results during their third round of peace talks in Belarus on Monday.
World News in Brief: March 7
India's exports of agricultural and processed food products rose by more than 23 percent year on year during the first 10 months of the current fiscal year (starting April 2021), said the Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Monday.
Indonesia aims to vaccinate entire target population in March
NDO/VNA – The Indonesian government is determined to vaccinate the entire target population against COVID-19 in late March.
World News in Brief: March 6
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, his spokesperson said.
Global COVID-19 deaths near 6 mln: WHO
The number of COVID-19 deaths worldwide is close to 6 million, according to the latest data from the World Health Organization (WHO).
World News in Brief: March 5
China has set its gross domestic product (GDP) growth target at around 5.5 percent for 2022, according to a government work report submitted Saturday to the national legislature for deliberation.
Indonesia, Malaysia to ease COVID curbs on foreign visitors further
Indonesia is considering a quarantine waiver for foreign visitors to its holiday island of Bali from next week, officials said on Saturday, while neighbour Malaysia announced the removal of curbs on travellers from Thailand and Cambodia.
Russia declares ceasefire in Ukraine for civilians' evacuation -- defense ministry
Russian forces will observe a truce in Ukraine starting 10:00 a.m. Moscow time (0700 GMT) on Saturday to facilitate the evacuation of civilians via humanitarian corridors, the Russian Ministry of Defense said.
World News in Brief: March 4
An early voting for Republic of Korea's presidential election kicked off Friday ahead of the election day on March 9. The early voting, which was adopted in 2013 and first applied to the 2014 local elections, will be carried out for two days through Saturday.
Israel to resume all flights to Dubai with new security deal -security agency
Israel and the United Arab Emirates agreed a security arrangement that will allow Israeli airlines to resume a full schedule of flights to Dubai, the Shin Bet security agency said on Friday.
Russia, Ukraine end second round of talks, agree to organize humanitarian corridors
Russia and Ukraine agreed to organize humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians in the second round of talks in Belarus on Thursday, Advisor to the Head of the President's Office of Ukraine Mykhailo Podoliak confirmed on Twitter.
