New COVID-19 developments recorded in Southeast Asia
The Indonesian government is planning to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11 years old, while Cambodia has seen its daily cases dropping to minimal levels over the past 41 days.
Medical staff give a student a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Blang Bintang, Aceh province, Indonesia. (Photo: AFP/VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Indonesian government isplanning to vaccinate children aged 6 to 11 years old, while Cambodia has seenits daily cases dropping to minimal levels over the past 41 days.
Accordingly, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, spokesperson for COVID-19Vaccinations at the Indonesian Health Ministry, informed at a talk show that Indonesiaplans to cooperate with schools to provide shoots of the Sinovac COVID-19 vaccineto children aged 6 to 11 years old.
COVID-19 vaccinations for children are expected to be moreefficient if carried out in schools, she said, adding that the vaccination willuse a single data vaccination system.
According to the spokesperson, Indonesia is targeting to inoculatearound 26 million children of the age group, requiring at least 50 million dosesof the vaccine.
As Cambodia moves towards reopening, it once again recorded itslowest daily COVID-19 case in an unprecedented run of 41 days of ‘new normal’low case numbers. On November 10, the nation posted 65 new infections and five newdeaths, bringing its total caseload and death toll to 119,292 and 2,845,respectively.
As of November 9, nearly 14 million people out of Cambodia’s16-million population had been vaccinated at least one dose of the COVID-19vaccine.
Regarding Malaysia’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign, the local Ministry of Health said that, as of November 9, about 97.6 percent of the adult population had received at least one dose of the vaccine, 95 percent of whom, approximately 22.2 million people were fully vaccinated.
The ministry's announcement also said that among adolescents (from 12 to 17 years old), about 86.5 percent had received at least one dose, of which 76.7 percent had completed the vaccination programme.
Malaysia is also implementing the booster vaccination campaign for fully vaccinated people./.
In order to quickly reopen the country, recover the economy and adapt to the pandemic, after completing the goal of immunising 50 percent of the adult population,the Government of Laos is working to raise this rate to at least 70 percent by the end of this year, Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavan has said.
COVID-19 patients in Singapore who are unvaccinated "by choice” have to cover their own medical costs from December 8 if they are admitted to hospitals or COVID-19 treatment facilities, the country’s Ministry of Health has announced.
Malaysia is ranked 10th among countries with the highest percentage of population fully vaccinated against COVID-19 globally, according the New York Times' CodeBlue vaccination tracker.
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Thailand's Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has ordered the urgent implementation of a national policy to crack down on all forms of call centre scams, online fraud, and illegal gambling, which are now considered threats to national security.
Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs Airlangga Hartarto and EAEU Trade Minister Andrey Slepnev jointly declared the conclusion of FTA talks on the sidelines of the 28th St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF 2025), according to the statement.
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Pichai said the trade talks with the US are important and need to move forward professionally, without regard for any political changes in Thailand, believing that Thailand has clear principles, guidelines and procedures in place.
The tax adjustment supports the Malaysian Government’s strategy to reduce reliance on foreign food supply chains and to assist domestic farmers, a finance official has said.
The proposed venue is located in the Chatuchak area of Bangkok, featuring eight public sites, including Krungthep Aphiwat Central Terminal and several nearby parks.
Connectivity is expected to improve further with the completion of the fifth Laos–Thailand Friendship Bridge by the end of 2025, facilitating logistics and agricultural exports to Vietnam, Thailand, and China.
Two naval gunboats intercepted a fishing vessel carrying 1.5 tonnes of methamphetamine hydrochloride off the coast of the main island of Luzon just before dawn, in a joint operation with the Philippine Drug Enforcement Agency.
In the today context of socio-economic development and growth, the professionalism of Vietnam’s revolutionary journalists continues to rise, guided by exemplary mastery of new information technologies and the modernisation of their founding principles to preserve the enduring values of revolutionary journalism.
Thai Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Commerce Vuttikrai Leewiraphan Thailand's formal proposal will be substantial enough for the US to consider further detailed negotiations. He hoped for a tariff rate not exceeding 10% and suggested that the US might extend the negotiation period if an agreement is not reached by the July 8 deadline.
Organised by the Ministry of Culture and the Association of Thai Silk & Culture Promotions, the event honors Her Majesty the Queen on her 47th birthday anniversary and promotes Thai craftsmanship on an international stage.
Prensa Latina's recent article on Vietnam’s assurance of smooth and effective transition to a leaner structure highlighted Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s latest directions on implementing 28 resolutions regarding the decentralisation and delegation of authority.
The lab focuses on four key thematic areas: energy transition and green innovation, sustainable agriculture, circular economy and sustainable cities, and nature-based solutions and biodiversity.
The key content of the document titled "Accelerating Innovative Strategies: Addressing the OOSCY Challenges" will be refined further in a seminar preceding the 47th ASEAN Summit in Kuala Lumpur this October.
This follows Telegram’s serious failure to address the content that has been repeatedly reported to them, despite various efforts of negotiation and cooperation made by MCMC, it said.
Efforts to empower women must transcend dialogue and translate into concrete commitments, including corporate pledges and government partnerships, according to the spouse of Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim.
Medical staff give a student a shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Blang Bintang, Aceh province, Indonesia. (Photo: AFP/VNA) 
