India to give COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare workers from Jan. 10
India will start administering COVID-19 booster shots to healthcare and frontline workers from Jan. 10, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday.
Big challenge for Europe
NDO - The wave of asylum seekers in the European Union (EU) and the UK continues to increase, despite the complicated developments of the COVID-19 pandemic. Facing pressure to prevent a recurrence of the migration tragedy in 2015, European countries have increased coordination to find solutions to
Strong earthquake jolts Laos
NDO/VNA - An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0 jolted various Lao localities on December 24 evening (local time).
World News in Brief: December 23
Data from South Africa suggests Omicron infections are 70% to 80% less severe than Delta, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control (CDC) said, but warned against extrapolating that to all countries.
Laos to pilot school reopening from January 2022
NDO/VNA – The Lao Ministry of Education and Sports has introduced measures and guidelines for the safe reopening of schools nationwide amid the growing complexity of COVID-19.
Canada expands aid programs to fight Omicron, says worse yet to come
Canada will temporarily expand support programs to help people and businesses hit by the Omicron variant of COVID-19, Ottawa said on Wednesday, warning people that worse was to come as the virus spreads.
Israel set to offer fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60
Israel announced on Tuesday that it will offer a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to people older than 60, amid concern about the spread of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus.
Gloomy Christmas season
NDO - European countries are entering the Christmas season with a quieter atmosphere, as many countries strengthen restrictive measures to curb the spread of the new Omicron variant. Strict blockade measures, introduced right around Christmas and on the eve of the new year 2022, when families
ASEAN conference calls for acceleration in climate cooperation
NDO/VNA – The ASEAN Secretariat has organised the 17th Coordinating Conference on the ASEAN Socio-Cultural Community (SOC-COM) via video teleconference to discuss the future of climate change cooperation in the region.
ASEAN holds 5th round of RCEP webinar series
NDO/VNA - The Secretariat of the Association of Southeast Asia (ASEAN), together with the East Asia Business Council, has run the 5th round of the webinar series on the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP).
Seven dead, more than 50,000 evacuated in Malaysia floods
NDO/VNA – At least seven people have died and more than 50,000 evacuated from their homes as Malaysia faced some of its worst floods for years, officials said on December 20.
Production effectiveness boosted by 15-20% thanks to irrigated agricultural improvement
(VAN) The irrigated agriculture improvement project increased output, quality, and production effectiveness by 15% to 20% as compared to conventional farming.
