Thailand plans to build bridge linking with Laos across Mekong River
NDO/VNA - Thailand's Transport Ministry is planning a feasibility and design study on a new bridge across the Mekong River as part of the third phase of the Thai-Chinese high-speed rail project.
Indonesia bans foreign tourist arrivals at Jakarta airport as COVID-19 spikes
Indonesia has temporarily banned foreign tourists entering the country through Jakarta's airport, the transport ministry said, in a bid to slow a spike in coronavirus infections driven by the Omicron variant.
World News in Brief: February 6
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres met with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Winter Olympics, calling for stronger cooperation between China and the United Nations.
RoK surpasses 1 million total COVID cases with daily record
The Republic of Korea (RoK) on Sunday surpassed one million cumulative COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as health officials reported a daily record of 38,691 new infections driven by an Omicron variant outbreak.
World News in Brief: February 5
The mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine produced at the World Health Organization-backed vaccine hub in South Africa could take up to three years to get approval if companies do not share their technology and data, a WHO official said.
US coronavirus deaths surpass 900,000, driven in part by Omicron surge
The coronavirus pandemic reached a grim new milestone in the United States on Friday with the nation's cumulative death toll from COVID-19 surpassing 900,000, even as the daily number of lives lost has begun to level off, according to data collected by Reuters.
AUKUS, identification keyword
NDO - If there is a keyword to identify the most prominent feature of the international political situation in 2021, that word is “AUKUS”.
Thailand to extend travel bubble with neighbouring countries
NDO/VNA - Thailand's Ministry of Tourism and Sports plans to continue travel bubble discussions with short-haul destinations following this week's resumption of the Test & Go scheme.
World News in Brief: February 4
China and Russia proclaimed a deep strategic partnership on Friday to balance what they portrayed as the malign global influence of the United States as China's President Xi Jinping hosted Russia's Vladimir Putin on the opening day of the Beijing Winter Olympics. In a joint statement, the two
Seafood imports: Increase in global demands continue
(VAN) The global demand for seafood imports is on the rise. This momentum is prognosticated to continue in 2022 as well as the coming years.
'Too early to say' if world faces sustained inflation -IMF chief Georgieva
The head of the International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it was "too early" to say if the world was facing a period of sustained inflation, but warned that failure to make economies more resilient to future shocks could lead to big problems.
World News in Brief: February 1
India's Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday unveiled a federal budget, which laid out plans to ramp up government spending to boost growth.