State President extends condolences over death of Pope Francis

A 28-year-old man from Cambodia's southeast Kampong Cham province died of H5N1 human avian influenza on January 10, becoming the first death in 2025, according to the Cambodian Ministry of Health.

Widespread flooding and landslides caused by tropical storm Trami in the northeastern Philippines left at least 24 people dead on October 24, swept away cars and prompted authorities to scramble for motorboats to rescue trapped villagers.

The death toll from ongoing severe flooding in Myanmar has risen to nearly 270, and 88 others are still missing, Myanmar’s authorities have reported.

At least seven people were killed, two others were injured and some were likely to be missing after flash floods and landslides hit the Indonesian eastern province of Maluku on the morning of August 25, according to the locality’s disaster management and mitigation office.

Vietnam is among 45 out of 193 UN member countries whose deaths in road accidents decreased by over 30% in the 2011-2020 period, said Khuat Viet Hung, Vice Chairman of the National Road Traffic Safety Committee.

Ischaemic heart diseases have become the key cause of death for Malaysians in 2022, the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM) reported on October 30.

Despite extensive rescue efforts, Nam remained trapped in a concrete pile buried 35 meters underground since his tragic fall on December 31st. The authorities are now focusing on retrieving the child's body from the concrete pile as soon as possible.

Many Vietnamese citizens queued up in front of the Japanese embassy in Hanoi from the early morning to pay tribute to the late Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo, who died after being shot from behind while campaigning for a candidate of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in Nara prefecture on July 8.

A total 1,895 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in the past 24 hours from 4pm May 13 to 4pm May 14, according to the Ministry of Health.

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on May 14 sent a letter of condolences to Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi over the death of the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Ruler of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

The Health Ministry of Laos on January 6 reported 1,083 new COVID-19 cases and two more fatalities in the last 24 hours, lifting the national tally of infections and death toll to 115,870 and 411, respectively.

Vietnam recorded around 11,500 traffic accidents nationwide in 2021, causing nearly 5,800 deaths and more than 8,000 people injured.

A total of 16,110 new infections of COVID-19, including 17 imported cases, were reported in Vietnam during 24 hours from 4pm December 18 to 4pm December 19, according to the Ministry of Health.

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on December 17 sentenced two Taiwanese men to death for illegally trafficking up to 606kg of drugs.

The Ministry of Health announced 3,373 new cases of COVID-19 on October 23, along with a further 77 COVID-19 related deaths.

Malaysia recorded 153 COVID-19 deaths on July 18, the highest number since the pandemic broke out, bringing the death toll to 7,019.

Two more people have died of COVID-19 related complications taking the total number of fatalities to 86.

State President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on June 24 sent his condolences to President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte over the death of former President Benigno Aquino III.

A 71-year-old woman with underlying health condition in the southern province of An Giang has become the 62nd COVID-19 related death in Vietnam.