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Indonesia and Japan seek to intensify comprehensive economic cooperation, especially in the automotive and digital technology sectors.

Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech Techo Hun Sen has called for ‘immediate action’ against the increase of domestic cases of Omicron.

The Japanese Government is planning to assist the country’s businesses to recruit talented workers from Southeast Asia, according to the NHK newswire.

The Lao Ministry of Health announced on January 9 that the country has recorded 924 new COVID-19 infections and seven deaths over the past 24 hours.

Aid officials in the Philippines have warned of a health crisis as millions of people in the country are struggling to secure clean water and food in areas wrecked by a typhoon last month.

Lao newspapers on January 7 published articles on the upcoming official visit to Vietnam on January 8-10 by Lao Prime Minister Phankham Viphavanh.

A Vietnamese delegation led by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Quoc Dung attended a senior official meeting of ASEAN via videoconference on January 5.

Thailand’s Ministry of Education has postponed its annual Children’s Day event at the Teachers Council Auditorium in Bangkok to prevent a resurgence of COVID-19 cases.

Indonesia's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Resources has banned coal export from January 1-31 on all exporters holding IUP, IUPK Production, informed the Vietnam Trade Office in Indonesia.

Thousands of residents in seven states of Malaysia were evacuated on January 1.

Professor Jonathan Van-Tam, Deputy Chief Medical Officer for England, has been freshly knighted by the Queen Elizabeth II of the UK for his contributions to the local fight against COVID-19.

The Philippine death toll from Typhoon Rai has crossed the 400 mark, the disaster agency said on December 31.