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The Health Ministry of Cambodia on May 12 announced 472 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours – the highest-ever number recorded in a single day since the pandemic broke out in the country in January 2020.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy expressed Vietnam’s serious concern over recent tension in East Jerusalem and called on sides involved to restrain themselves at an UN Security Council emergency meeting held in New York on May 10.

Malaysia’s economy should see a less severe slump in the first quarter of 2021 than it did in the previous three months, on the back of resilient manufacturing activity and growing external demand, Reuters reported.

The Cambodian Ministry of Health on May 8 reported 538 new COVID-19 cases, raising the total number of infections so far to 18,717, including 7,340 recoveries.

Ambassador Dang Dinh Quy, Permanent Representative of Vietnam to the United Nations, on May 7 attended the UN Security Council's Arria-formula meeting on the impact of COVID-19.

The phone talk between General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong and First Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba.

Malaysian Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin on May 5 launched the Janingan Prihatin Programme, involving an allocation of 3.5 billion RM, in an effort to bridge the digital gap of the B40 group (low-income earners).

Thailand is quickening the registration of geographical indication for its products in four countries to prevent foreign sellers from claiming they make the products.

The Philippines, Malaysia and Thailand on May 3 reported thousands of new COVID-19 cases, while Indonesia announced that it detected several new infections of a new SARS-CoV-2 variant in Jakarta.

Foreign ministries of Singapore and Malaysia on May 2 said the 10th meeting between Prime Ministers of the two countries has been postponed to later this year due to COVID-19.

A solution to the Myanmar issue can be worked out in the "Association of Southeast Asian Nations way,"

Malaysia Airlines will trial the International Air Transport Association Travel Pass, involving passengers on flights from Kuala Lumpur to London between April 29 and May 27.