Southeast Asian countries intensify measures against COVID-19
Indonesia’s Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the city administration would limit public interaction as a precautionary measure to protect local residents from the COVID-19 outbreak.
Hanoi (VNA) – Indonesia’s Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has said that the city administrationwould limit public interaction as a precautionary measure to protect local residents fromthe COVID-19 outbreak.
Anies said his administration would followthe example of Singapore and Vietnam, which proactively restricted publicgatherings before the virus spread widely.
The governor also said declared that priority will be given to carry out preventivemeasures to protect the public even though they may cause economic losses.
The Indonesian Government’s report on March 11 showed that 34 peoplewere confirmed positive forSARS-CoV-2 in the country, including onedeath.
Along with Indonesia, other nations in Southeast Asia have taken measures toprevent the spread of the disease.
The Lao Ministry of Health has called on shopping centers, hotels andrestaurants to continue to closely monitor their premises and customers in abid to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
The government is also urging everyone to be on their guard and takeprecautions such as distancing themselves from people with coughs.
In Malaysia, the Ministry of Health called for the postponement of mass gatheringsafter at least 12 coronavirus cases were linked to a three-day religious eventin Kuala Lumpur.
So far, 149 infection cases have been reported in Malaysia./.
Indonesia's state budget deficit is expected to reach 2.2-2.5 percent of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) this year as the new coronavirus-caused acute respiratory disease (COVID-19) has hindered global economic activities, Finance Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati said.
The Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) has announced a new trading policy to prevent stocks from falling more than 10 percent after the Jakarta Composite Index (JCI) crashed to a three-year low on March 9.
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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.
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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.
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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.
Visitors in Jakarta (Source: Jakarta Post) 
